Math Teachers

Each day students will be sharing their math thinking with one another.  Yesterday Charlie and Brianna explained their thinking to the class.  They were explaining why they placed certain number onto a number line provided to them.  Both of them did an excellent job teaching the class.  The sheet they were using is shown below.

Name:  ______________

1. Place a dot on the number line where you feel each of these numbers would be.  Then label you dot with the letter that matches the number on the line.  Be ready to explain why you feel the number belongs where you placed your dot.

1. 15 B)  52 C)  79 D)  44   E)  91

  

       2.  Ignore the question below.  Place a dot on the number line where you feel each of these numbers would be.  Then label you dot with the letter that matches the number on the line.  Be ready to explain why you feel the number belongs where you placed your dot.

1. 8 B)  36 C)  23 D) 48

3.  Place a dot on the number line where you feel each of these numbers would be.  Then label you dot with the letter that matches the number on the line.  Be ready to explain why you feel the number belongs where you placed your dot.

A) 235 B)  219 C) 212 D)  247

4.  Place a dot on the number line where you feel each of these numbers would be.  Then label you dot with the letter that matches the number on the line.  Be ready to explain why you feel the number belongs where you placed your dot.

A) 550 B) 225 C) 975 D)  631