Number Line Problem: Identify the Value at Position 4/5

Question

What number is missing (?) from the number line below?

000???111

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Find the highlighted number
00:03 It seems the axis is divided into 5 segments
00:10 And each segment equals one fifth, let's count them
00:21 Let's see which segment is highlighted
00:26 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

Let's first count how many points, including the number 1, there are on the number line.

Since there are 5 in total, we'll define the 0 point as the following fraction:

05 \frac{0}{5}

We will also define 1 as the following fraction:

55 \frac{5}{5}

Now let's fill in each point on the number line to discover which number is represented by the question mark:

Answer

45 \frac{4}{5}