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1) Estimate where the numbers go on these number lines.

a) 50 b) 250 c) 350
a)

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b)
d) 150 e) 450 f) 750

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2) Estimate the number each arrow is pointing to.

a) b) c) d) e) f)

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3)
a) Estimate the number the arrow is pointing to.

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b) Complete the stem sentence using your estimation above.

is more than halfway along the number line.

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1) Explain why Isaac is correct. position of 850 on number line A than
Isaac number line B.

A B

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2) Explain the mistake Mariam has made.

I estimate the arrow is pointing at 450.

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3) Which arrow on the number lines shows the most accurate estimation of 780? Explain your reasoning.

a)
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1) What could the start and end numbers be on each unlabelled number line?
Find three different possibilities for each number line and explain your reasoning.

a)
400

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b)
450

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2) a) Find three different 3-digit numbers that match the clue and can belong on both number lines below.

A number has an odd number of hundreds, an odd

number of tens and zero ones.
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b) Estimate the positions of your three numbers on each number line.

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1) Estimate where the numbers go on these 1) Estimate where the numbers go on these
number lines. number lines.
a) a)

a) 50 b) 250 c) 350 a) 50 b) 250 c) 350

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b) b)
d) 150 e) 450 f) 750 d) 150 e) 450 f) 750

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2) Estimate the number each arrow is pointing to. 2) Estimate the number each arrow is pointing to.

a) b) c) a) b) c)

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d) e) f) d) e) f)

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3) 3)
a) Estimate the number the arrow is pointing to. a) Estimate the number the arrow is pointing to.

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b) Complete the stem sentence using your estimation b) Complete the stem sentence using your estimation
above. above.

is more than halfway along the is more than halfway along the
number line. number line.

The position of is closer The position of is closer

to than . to than .
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1) Explain why Isaac is correct. 1) Explain why Isaac is correct.

I think that it is easier to estimate the I think that it is easier to estimate the
position of 850 on number line A than position of 850 on number line A than
Isaac number line B. Isaac number line B.

A A

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B B

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2) Explain the mistake Mariam has made. 2) Explain the mistake Mariam has made.

I estimate the arrow is pointing at 450. I estimate the arrow is pointing at 450.
Mariam Mariam

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3) Which arrow on the number lines shows the most 3) Which arrow on the number lines shows the most
accurate estimation of 780? Explain your reasoning. accurate estimation of 780? Explain your reasoning.

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1) What could the start and end numbers be 1) What could the start and end numbers be
on each unlabelled number line? on each unlabelled number line?
Find three different possibilities for each number line Find three different possibilities for each number line
and explain your reasoning. and explain your reasoning.

a) a)
400 400

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b) 450 b) 450

? ? ? ?

2) 2)
a) Find three different 3-digit numbers that match the a) Find three different 3-digit numbers that match the
clue and can belong on both number lines below. clue and can belong on both number lines below.

A number has an odd number of hundreds, an odd A number has an odd number of hundreds, an odd
number of tens and zero ones. number of tens and zero ones.

b) Estimate the positions of your three numbers on each b) Estimate the positions of your three numbers on each
number line. number line.

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a) b) c) d) e) f)
1)

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2) a) b) c) d) e) f)
511-513 557-559 587-588 630-645 775-785 905-920

500 600 500 1000

3) a) Accept any estimation in the range of 600-750.

b) Sentence stem is completed correctly using the children's estimates. For example: 670 is more than halfway
along the number line. The position of 670 is closer to 1000 than 0.

1) Isaac is correct because it is often easier to position a number accurately when divisions are
marked. On number line A, the divisions of 800 and 900 are marked so 850 must be the
midpoint of these divisions.

2) Mariam’s estimate is incorrect because 450 is less than the midpoint of 500. The arrow points to a number
that is greater than the midpoint of 500 so Mariam’s estimate needs to be greater than 500.

3) Arrow B is the most accurate as 780 is greater than the midpoint (750) between the two marked intervals.
Therefore, the arrow to show 780 should be positioned closer to the next marked division (800) as in B.

1) Open-ended question – possible

answers could include:
0, 1000 with intervals of 100
200, 700 with intervals of 50
396, 406 with intervals of 1
Open-ended question – possible
answers could include:
50, 1050 with intervals of 100
250, 750 with intervals of 50
446, 456 with intervals of 1

2) Possible numbers are:

510, 530, 550, 570, 590, 710, 730, 750, 770, 790
Accept reasonable estimation of the position of any three of the numbers above on each number line.

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