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 findings on a zoomable number line map. Can you become a master Treasure Hunter?

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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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