Number Line Analysis: Determining the Sign for 0.88 on [0,1] Interval

Question

Determine the appropriate sign according to the number line:

0000.50.50.51110.88?1 0.88?1

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Set the appropriate sign
00:07 We'll use the number line to find the 2 numbers
00:14 If the number is to the left of the second number then it's smaller, and to the right it's larger
00:18 We'll identify the location of our number in relation to the second number
00:21 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

Let's look at the number 1

We will write it as a decimal fraction in the following way:

1=1.00 1=1.00

Now let's consider the numbers and we'll see that since the number before the decimal point is 0 and the second number is 1, we can conclude that:

0.88<1.00

Answer

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