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# how to represent a rational number -8/3 on a number line?

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on the no. line, divide the difference between two consecutive nos. into 3 equal parts.

like  ,-1 ,  ,  , 0, , , 1, , , 2  and so on

now -8/3 = -2  2/3

so we take the second part between -2 and -3

like  let the no. here be x

-3,x, ,-2 , , ,1 and so on

x is -8/3

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Posted by Mridul Gupta (student) on 25/7/10

like ,-1 , , , 0, , , 1, , , 2 and so on

now -8/3 = -2 2/3

so we take the second part between -2 and -3

like let the no. here be x

-3,x, ,-2 , , ,1 and so on

x is -8/3

Posted by Darshil (student) on 12/3/13

in between -8 and -9 represent -8/1, -8/2,-8/3,-8/4....
then we can represent it on number line

Posted by Swetha (student) on 12/6/15

how to represent the rational number graphically or geometrically on the number line

Posted by Bharadwaj (student) on 12/7/15