Jumping Flea

Mathematics minors consider the magnitude of a jumping flea as he hops from place to place. Through this exercise, they will investigate absolute values, as well as positive and negative rational numbers on a number line. The first page of this straightforward resource acts as a homework assignment or assessment, while the second acts as your answer key. 

Concepts

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absolute value, negative integers, number lines, numbers, rational numbers

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Additional Tags

absolute value, negative number, rational number, math

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Resource Details

Grade

5th - 7th

Subjects

Math

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Resource Types

Activities & Projects

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Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

15 mins

Instructional Strategy

Skills Practice

Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-NC-SA: 4.0