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Decimal number line
Number line from 0 to 1 marked in tenths · 1 page
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This decimal number line stretches 0 to 1 across a landscape page and splits it into ten equal parts labeled 0.1 through 0.9. It shows kids that a decimal is a location between whole numbers, not a separate kind of number, and that 0.5 is exactly halfway.
Decimal notation for tenths and hundredths starts in 4th grade in the Common Core standards (4.NF.C.6), and 5th graders compare and round decimals to thousandths. Use this line to compare decimals (0.7 is to the right of 0.4, so it's bigger) and to connect decimals to fractions by switching the labels to fractions: 0.3 is 3/10.
Tips for using it
- Ask your child to find 0.5 and say what fraction it equals.
- Set From 0 To 3 to practice decimals greater than 1, like 2.4.
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How do you show decimals on a number line?
Split each whole into ten equal parts. Each part is one tenth, or 0.1. Count parts from the whole number to the left: 1.3 is three tenths past 1.
Can I label quarters as decimals?
Yes. Choose fourths under Smaller marks and Decimals for the labels to get 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75. Thirds, sixths and twelfths repeat forever as decimals, so they stay as fractions.