diff --git a/js/common/view/CAVPlotNode.ts b/js/common/view/CAVPlotNode.ts
index 9f98497b..b771dd10 100644
--- a/js/common/view/CAVPlotNode.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/CAVPlotNode.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default class CAVPlotNode extends Node {
 
     const numberLinePositionY = 127;
 
-    // Empirically determined
+    // View size of a data point in the chart
     const dataPointHeight = 17;
 
     // Coordinates here are somewhat unusual, since x dimension is based off of meters, and y dimension is based off of
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export default class CAVPlotNode extends Node {
 
     const numberLineNode = new NumberLineNode(
       sceneModel.meanValueProperty,
+      modelViewTransform,
       model instanceof MeanAndMedianModel ? model.isShowingTopMeanProperty : new BooleanProperty( false ),
       sceneModel.dataRangeProperty, {
         color: 'black',
diff --git a/js/common/view/CAVScreenView.ts b/js/common/view/CAVScreenView.ts
index 2ea01ca0..cb9de9b3 100644
--- a/js/common/view/CAVScreenView.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/CAVScreenView.ts
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ export default class CAVScreenView extends ScreenView {
   public constructor( model: CAVModel, providedOptions: CAVScreenViewOptions ) {
     const options = optionize<CAVScreenViewOptions, SelfOptions, ScreenViewOptions>()( {}, providedOptions );
 
+    // View size of a soccer ball
+    const objectHeight = 41;
+
     // The ground is at y=0
     const modelViewTransform = ModelViewTransform2.createRectangleInvertedYMapping(
-      new Bounds2( CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.min, 0, CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.max, CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.getLength() ),
-      new Bounds2( CAVConstants.NUMBER_LINE_MARGIN_X, GROUND_POSITION_Y - CAVConstants.CHART_VIEW_WIDTH, CAVConstants.NUMBER_LINE_MARGIN_X + CAVConstants.CHART_VIEW_WIDTH, GROUND_POSITION_Y )
+      new Bounds2( CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.min, 0, CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.max, 1 ),
+      new Bounds2( CAVConstants.NUMBER_LINE_MARGIN_X, GROUND_POSITION_Y - objectHeight, CAVConstants.NUMBER_LINE_MARGIN_X + CAVConstants.CHART_VIEW_WIDTH, GROUND_POSITION_Y )
     );
 
     super( options );
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ export default class CAVScreenView extends ScreenView {
       new DynamicProperty( model.selectedSceneModelProperty, {
         derive: 'meanValueProperty'
       } ),
+      modelViewTransform,
       model.isShowingPlayAreaMeanProperty,
       new DynamicProperty( model.selectedSceneModelProperty, {
         derive: 'dataRangeProperty'
diff --git a/js/common/view/NumberLineNode.ts b/js/common/view/NumberLineNode.ts
index 4d0a5fa2..c19e2f63 100644
--- a/js/common/view/NumberLineNode.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/NumberLineNode.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import TReadOnlyProperty from '../../../../axon/js/TReadOnlyProperty.js';
 import CAVColors from '../CAVColors.js';
 import Vector2 from '../../../../dot/js/Vector2.js';
 import ModelViewTransform2 from '../../../../phetcommon/js/view/ModelViewTransform2.js';
-import Bounds2 from '../../../../dot/js/Bounds2.js';
 import CAVConstants from '../CAVConstants.js';
 import PickRequired from '../../../../phet-core/js/types/PickRequired.js';
 import Multilink from '../../../../axon/js/Multilink.js';
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ export default class NumberLineNode extends Node {
 
   public constructor(
     meanValueProperty: TReadOnlyProperty<number | null>,
+    modelViewTransform: ModelViewTransform2,
     isShowingMeanIndicatorProperty: TReadOnlyProperty<boolean>,
     rangeProperty: TReadOnlyProperty<Range | null>,
     providedOptions?: NumberLineNodeOptions
@@ -105,14 +105,6 @@ export default class NumberLineNode extends Node {
       this.addChild( rangeNode );
     }
 
-    // TODO: See see https://github.com/phetsims/center-and-variability/issues/168, Can we make a 1d MVT since that's
-    // all that's needed here, or should this be using the same MVT as the outer MVT?  Like the one that positions the number line node,
-    // and puts objects in the right spots.
-    const modelViewTransform = ModelViewTransform2.createRectangleInvertedYMapping(
-      new Bounds2( CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.min, 0, CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.max, CAVConstants.PHYSICAL_RANGE.getLength() ),
-      new Bounds2( 0, -CAVConstants.CHART_VIEW_WIDTH, CAVConstants.CHART_VIEW_WIDTH, CAVConstants.CHART_VIEW_WIDTH )
-    );
-
     const meanIndicatorNode = NumberLineNode.createMeanIndicatorNode( options.includeMeanStroke, false );
     this.addChild( meanIndicatorNode );