5.03 Decimal numbers on number line

Lesson

Are you ready?

Do you know how to plot decimal values on a number line? Let's try this problem to practice.

Plot $$0.2 on the number line.

We can zoom in and divide $$1100 into $$10 equal pieces to show $$101000, which we can then use to plot thousandths.

This video shows us how to plot decimals with thousandths on a number line.

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Plot $$0.639 on the number line.

This video shows how to read numbers off of a number line for decimals in the thousandths.

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What decimal value is shown on the following number line?

Identify the number in thousandths.

Remember!

$$10 thousandths make $$1 hundredth. This means that $$10 spaces in between two hundredths on a number line, like $$0.01 and $$0.02, are thousandths.