Question

Which phrase best describes the location of 40/9 on a number line?

A. at 4 1/2

B. Closer to 4 than to 5

C. closer to five than to 4

D. at 5 5/9

Answer 1

i know it is not A or D

Answer 2

Are you able to convert 40/9 to a mixed number?

Answer 3

yes?

Answer 4

what do you get when you do so

Answer 5

umm 4 4/9

Answer 6

so are we closer to 4? or to 5?

Answer 7

4

Answer 8

why 4

Answer 9

because it is only 4 units away whereas to get to 5 it is 5 units away

Answer 10

good, and notice how 4.5 is the midpoint (9/2 = 4.5)

so if we had 5/9 or 6/9, then we would be closer to 5 because 5 and 6 are greater than 4.5

Answer 11

oh ok i get it now thanks so the answer is B

Answer 12

correct