Represent the following rational numbers on the number line:
$- \frac{5}{8}$

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Solution

Given rational number : $- \frac{5}{8}$
As we can see, the numerator is less than its denominator,
So, the value will always lie in between $0 to - 1$ , as numerator is negative.
Now, Draw a number line and mark the points $- 1 and 0$ and divide the line into $8$ parts (as the denominator of the given number is $8$ ).
Mark the $5$ th point counting from $0 to - 1$ , that point is $- \frac{5}{8}$ .
Hence, $- \frac{5}{8}$ on the number line is shown above.

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