Question

4. Mrs. Fan asked her fifth-grade class to create a number line. Lenox created the number line below: + 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Parks said Lenox's number line is wrong because numbers should always increase from left to right. Who is correct? Explain your thinking. ​

Answer 1

Parks is correct. A number line is a visual representation of numbers in order from least to greatest, with smaller numbers on the left and larger numbers on the right. In Lenox's number line, the numbers are decreasing from left to right, which is incorrect. Therefore, Parks is correct in pointing out that Lenox's number line is wrong.