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Graphing a decimal is very similar to graphing whole numbers, except you need a finer scale on each axis. If you are graphing decimals below one (e.g. 0.1 or 0.25), then your axis may have ten ticks (cross lines on the axis) between zero and one. Each of these is one tenth. So 0.1 would be graphed at one tenth of the distance between zero and one, or "one tick" up from zero, in this case. Similarly, 0.25 would be marked at one quarter of the way up the axis between zero and one, two and a half ticks up from zero. If you have decimals greater than zero, such as 2.5, then this would be marked half way between the two and the three, because five tenths is equal to a half. It is easier to explain graphically, but I hope this helps.

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