How do you plot rational numbers on a number line?

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How do you plot rational numbers on a number line?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-04T08:03:21

The process to plot a rational number on a number line is as below.

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Let the rational number be $\frac{p}{q}$ $p/q$ , where $p$ $p$ may be any integer (positive or negative) and $q$ $q$ be a positive integer.

To plot $\frac{p}{q}$ $p/q$ , draw a line of $q$ $q$ units at an angle to real number line from $0$ $0$ and join it to $p$ $p$ units on real number line. Also mark a point one unit away from $0$ $0$ on the line of length $q$ $q$ .

Now draw a line from the point denoting one unit, parallel to the line joining $q$ $q$ and $p$ $p$ so that it cuts real number line at a point.

This point denotes the rational number $\frac{p}{q}$ $p/q$ .

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