Treasure Hunter (Decimals on the Number Line)
Drive a desert highway searching for buried treasure. Learn to use the car's tens, ones, tenths, and hundredths gears, along with a GPS system (number line), to find the right place to dig. Plot your find on a zoomable number line map. Can you become a master Treasure Hunter?
Launch GizmoTreasure Hunter (Decimals on the Number Line)
Drive a desert highway searching for buried treasure. Learn to use the car's tens, ones, tenths, and hundredths gears, along with a GPS system (number line), to find the right place to dig. Plot your find on a zoomable number line map. Can you become a master Treasure Hunter?
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Use for 5 minutes a day.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Locate numbers on a number line.
- Estimate the positions of decimals on the number line, up to hundredths.
- Compare and order decimals using a number line.
- See that, between any two numbers, there are always more numbers.
VOCABULARY:
- decimal, hundredth, number line, tenth, whole number
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Great way to introduce or review decimals!
Recommended for: 5th Grade MathGizmo User from North Carolina
This is great! excellent real-life practice in the use of decimals
Recommended for: 5th Grade MathGizmo User from Ontario
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