How to plot whole numbers AND decimals on a number line?

Question

I'm in algebra one and i want to know how i can put - 0.25 and - 4 on a number line together

this is what the problem looks like -0.25 - 4 and to solve for it i have to use the number line

Answer 1

-0.25 is equal to -1/4 and would be plotted between 0 and -1, 1/4 of the way from 0 to -1.

The problem looks like starting at -0.25 and going left -4 to subtract 4 from -0.25.

You could, from -0.25, go left 1 to -1.25, 1 more to -2.25, 1 more to -3.25, and then 1 more to -4.25, the point you would end at.

Answer 2

just draw a straight line and number them like a ruler

____________|____|____|_____|____|_|__...

                    -4                           -.25 0

Answer 3

Here is a number line (ignore the dots "·" ):

- - - -| - - -| - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - | - - - - - -|- - - | - - -

· ·-4.25· ·-4· · · · · · ·  -3· · · · · · ·-2· · · · · · ·-1 · · · ·-.25 · ·0· · ·

To figure -0.25 - 4 on a number line, start at the -.25 and go to the -4.25, counting the spaces. .25 to 1.25 is one; to 2.25 is two; to 3.25 is three and to 4.25 is four. -0.25-4 = -4.25

Hope this is clear. Good luck!