Integers

Big Idea 3: Expanding the Number Line

Number Line Bounce

Materials:

  • Number line

  • White die/Blue die

  • game pieces x2 (to move along the number line)

  • one -/+ die and one Dodecahedron die to roll a target number

Game Rules:

  • White dice rolls a positive number (move to the right)

  • Blue dice rolls a negative number (move to the left)

  • Goal of the game: to place your marker on the target number.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What did you notice while playing the game?

  2. How did you decide how to move? How did you know where you would land?

  3. What strategies or shortcuts did you develop?

  4. What made the game challenging? Why?

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