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jumping number line

By missd
Whenever I am introducing rounding to my class, I create a giant number line
on the floor with masking tape. I write the numbers 0-150 by tens spaced out
on the tape. The students line up and one at a time I give them a number.
When it is their turn, they have to put one foot on each of the tens that the
number that I told them would fall between. They then have to decide (out
loud) which one would be the closest ten and jump over to the number they
choose as the correct one.
For example: If I said the number 34...The student would walk over to the
line and put one foot on 30 and the other on 40. After stating that 34 would
round to 30 because there is a 4 in the ones place, he/she would jump to the
30. (We say the 4 "makes the decision" for the tens to stay the same or go
up). My classes always love this activity and beg for more chances to jump.

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