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Pbs: Logical Leaps: Adding Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest. Add two consecutive jumps and place them on a number line, finding equivalent fractions and common denominators to do so. Backward jumps represent...
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Pbs: The Number Line: Rational Numbers and Football

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, students add and subtract plays on a football field to practice working with negative and positive integers on the number line. Each set of randomized drives consists of seven to nine plays and ends with a touchdown....
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Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Rational Numbers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving a jumping wallaby competition. Then, using knowledge of inequalities and rational numbers, place the wallabies on the correct range from -5 to 5 on the number line. Numbers...
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Pbs: Logical Leaps: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1 on the Vertical Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a flea-jumping contest. Place each contestant's jump, represented by either a fraction or a decimal in both feet and inches, at the correct point on the vertical number line....
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Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving a jumping frog competition. Then, using knowledge of inequalities and rational numbers, place the frogs in the correct range from 0 to 5 on a number line. The fractions,...
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Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving high-jump performers in a flea circus. Then, using knowledge of inequalities, place the fleas in the appropriate range on a vertical number line. Numbers are randomized so...