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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
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i know it is not A or D
Are you able to convert 40/9 to a mixed number?
yes?
what do you get when you do so
umm 4 4/9
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so are we closer to 4? or to 5?
4
why 4
because it is only 4 units away whereas to get to 5 it is 5 units away
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
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oh ok i get it now thanks so the answer is B
correct
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