James Douglas Treaties + Treaty 8
Category 1: Rounding Rally
Category 2: Decimal Decisions


Category 3: Ordering Numbers
Halloween Origins
100

Question: He was the Hudson’s Bay Company official who negotiated 14 land treaties with Indigenous groups on Vancouver Island from 1850 to 1854.

Answer: Who is James Douglas?

100

100: Round 0.49 to the nearest tenth.


  • Answer: 0.5
100

Category 2: Decimal Decisions

100: Write 150 out of 1000 as a decimal.


  • Answer: 0.150
100

100: Which is smaller: 0.3 or 0.25?


  • Answer: 0.25
100
  • This ancient Celtic festival, celebrated on October 31, marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter.

  • Answer: What is Samhain?
200

Question: These treaties, signed between 1850 and 1854, involved the purchase of 14 land parcels on Vancouver Island from Indigenous peoples.

What are the Douglas Treaties?

200

200: Round 1.275 to the nearest hundredth.


  • Answer: 1.28
200

200: Write 425 out of 1000 as a decimal

  • Answer: 0.425
200

200: Arrange these from least to greatest: 0.7, 0.5, 0.9.


  • Answer: 0.5, 0.7, 0.9
200


  • In this holiday, celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd, families honor deceased loved ones with colorful altars.

    • Answer: What is the Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos?
300

Signed in 1899, this treaty covered parts of northeastern British Columbia, along with regions in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories.

What is Treaty 8?

300

300: Round 4.803 to the nearest tenth.


  • Answer: 4.8
300

300: A survey shows 740 out of 1000 people like strawberries. Write this as a decimal and round to the nearest hundredth.


  • Answer: 0.74
300

300: Arrange these numbers in order from least to greatest: 1.04, 0.81, 1.4.


  • Answer: 0.81, 1.04, 1.4
300
  • Halloween evolved from this Christian celebration, declared by Pope Gregory III to honor saints on November 1st.

  • Answer: What is All Saints' Day?
400

One of the main promises of Treaty 8 was that Indigenous people could continue these traditional activities on their lands despite the arrival of settlers.

Hunting and fishing rights

400

400: Round 3.996 to the nearest hundredth.


  • Answer: 4.00
400

400: In a poll, 983 people out of 1000 prefer a certain TV show. Write this as a decimal and round to the nearest hundredth.


  • Answer: 0.98
400

400: Which is the correct order from least to greatest: 0.472, 0.39, 0.503?


  • Answer: 0.39, 0.472, 0.503
400
  • These orange flowers, known as the “flower of the dead,” are often used to decorate altars during the Day of the Dead.

  • Answer: What are marigolds?
500

Give an example of how the Douglas Treaties OR Treaty 8 IS NOT being honored today

European settlers living on Indigenous lands.

Site C dam built in hunting and fishing regions.

Mines on Indigenous land.

other:_____________

500

500: Round 5.621 to both the nearest tenth and nearest hundredth.


  • Answer: Nearest tenth: 5.6, 


  • Nearest hundredth: 5.62
500

500: Write the fraction 257 out of 1000 as a decimal and round it to the nearest hundredth.


  • Answer: 0.26
500

500: Put these in order from least to greatest: 2.38, 2.8, 2.059, 2.75.


  • Answer: 2.059, 2.38, 2.75, 2.8
500

Category: Cultural Celebrations

  • The Aztecs’ original summer festival honoring the dead was called this, which influenced Día de los Muertos.

  • Answer: What is Miccailhuitontli?