should be placed<u> in-between 3 and 4</u> on the number line (a little bit approaching number 4). The cube root of 49 is 6.66. Therefore, <em>it shouldn't be placed on number 7.</em>
Lin thought that she was asked to get the<em> square root of 49</em>, which looks like this: . Probably, she missed the number 3. It was actually asking for the<em> cube root of 49</em>. This is also the reason why she placed the dot on the number 7 because the<em> square root of 49 is 7</em>.