This math skill teaches how to interpret decimals on a number line, specifically focusing on values between 0 and 1. The skill demonstrates recognizing tenths, showing that each mark on the number line represents 0.1, and how to identify a decimal based on the position of a point.
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Number lines and decimals below 1
Test your understanding of decimals below 1 on a number line by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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Let's understand how to think about decimals on the number line by reading a decimal value for this dot
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We can see that the big lines, 0 and 1, are split into 10 sections, or tenths. So each small line is 1 tenth of a whole, or zero point one.
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The dot is 7 small lines up from zero, so that's zero point seven as a decimal