I Love Number Lines!
See Slide #1
3.5
3.50
3.500
Round 25.308 to the nearest 1 (whole number)
25 or 25.000
Romey held his breath for 19.11 seconds.
Back in Black held her breath for 19.1 seconds.
Who held their breath longer?
Romey
Fresh Air ran 8 miles to the Chicken Shack.
Then she ran 2.345 miles to the Goat Farm.
How far did she run in all?
10.345 miles
See Slide #2
C
Round 11.16 to the nearest tenth.
11.7 or 11.70
Peach Pit chased her cat around the yard for 40.004 seconds.
Diesel chased a grasshopper around his bedroom for 40.4 seconds.
Who did more chasing?
Diesel
Mean Jeans had a hamster named Pete. Pete weighed 11.7 ounces.
Then Pete died. Poor Pete.
Pete's dead body weighs only 6.22 ounces.
How much more did Pete weigh while alive?
5.48 ounces
See Slide #3
2.25
Round .765 to the nearest hundredth.
.77 or .770
Marshy beat up her brother for 52.8 seconds.
Johnny Lem beat up himself for 52.80 seconds.
Who did more beating?
Equal amounts of beating!
Scar found a chicken egg. It weighed 6.722 ounces.
She made her sister sit on the egg just like a mother chicken would do.
After 2 days the egg now weighed 10.003 ounces.
How much weight did the egg put on during those 2 days?
3.281 ounces
See Slide #4
0.25, 0.5, 0.8
Round 1,982.253 to the nearest tenth.
1,982.3 or 1,982.300
Donny's eyelash is .07 of an inch long.
A.T.G.'s eyelash is 0.7 of an inch long.
Who's eyelash is longest?
A.T.G.
Rye Bread had a loaf of bread in his lunch box.
It was a big loaf! It was 15.229 inches long.
He baked another loaf that was only 4.9 inches long.
What is the combined length of both loaves?
20.129 inches
See Slide #5
B = 0.40
C = 3.05
D = 1.4
E = 3.50
G = 4.0
Round 9.877 to the nearest thousandth.
9.877
Speedy's big toe weighs 2.4 ounces.
KG's big toe weighs 2.309 ounces.
Who's big toe weighs more?
Speedy's
Pops was saving his earwax in a jar. On Wednesday he had 12.8 pounds of gooey ear wax.
Shark said he needed some to feed his pet fish.
After giving some to Shark, Pops only has 3.286 pounds left.
How much wax did he give to Shark?
9.514 pounds