Add and subtract decimals to win the game Learn more: Math Geek Mama/Guess Where? Game 6. The players keep narrowing it down until they’ve correctly identified each other’s numbers. The first player tells them whether their guess is larger or smaller than the correct number. The other player guesses a decimal and plots it on their own number line. One player secretly plots a decimal on the line. Number 6 is in the hundredths place.” See how quickly students can get into the right place in line! For instance, “Number 3 is in the hundreds place. Have another student secretly write down a number to the thousandths place, then provide instructions to get the numbers to stand in the right places. Then try this: Choose 10 students and give them each a large card numbered from 0 to 9. Turn students into decimalsĮven fifth grade math students aren’t too old to enjoy human number lines! Lay out the line on your floor, using a playground ball for a decimal point. The student with the larger number keeps both snowballs. Have a decimal snowball fightĮach student receives a stack of decimal “snowballs.” They each flip one over and compare their numbers.
Learn more: Math Geek Mama/Make a Buck 3.