TREASURE HUNT

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TREASURE HUNT
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Mrs. Matlocks 5th grade math class is going on a
treasure hunt.
We are going in search of hidden treasure by
following a map and locating coordinates. This
will help us to review for our upcoming test.
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The first location is the statue.
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What is the location of the statue on our map?
We start at the origin (0,0), and go two units to
the right (2) and eight units up (8), so
(0,0) (2,8) (02,08) (2,8)
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CLUE 1 Now from (2,8) go one unit to the right
and three units down to get to the next location.
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The next location is the waterfall.
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What is the location of the waterfall on our map?
We were at (2,8) and we went to the right one
unit (1) and down three units (-3), so
(2,8) (1,-3) (21,8-3) (3,5)
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CLUE 2 Now from (3,5) go three units to the
right and two units up to get to the next
location.
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The next location is the cave.
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What is the location of the cave on our map?
We were at (3,5) and we went to the right three
units (3) and up two units (2), so
(3,5) (3,2) (33,52) (6,7)
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CLUE 3 Now from (6,7) go two units to the
left and six units down to get to the next
location.
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The next location is the mountain.
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What is the location of the mountain on our map?
We were at (6,7) and we went to the left two
units (-2) and down six units (-6), so
(6,7) (-2,-6) (6-2,7-6) (4,1)
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CLUE 4 Now from (4,1) go three units to the
right and three units up to get to the next
location.
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The next location is the tree.
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What is the location of the tree on our map?
We were at (4,1) and we went to the right three
units (3) and up three units (3), so
(4,1) (3,3) (43,13) (7,4)
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CLUE 5 Now from (7,4) go one unit to the
right and three units down to get to the final
location.
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The final location is the wrecked ship.
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What is the location of the ship on our map?
We were at (7,4) and we went to the right one
unit (1) and down three units (-3), so
(7,4) (1,-3) (71,4-3) (8,1)
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YOU DID IT!!!
You found the treasure.
Good job! You are ready to take the test on
locating and naming coordinates.
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• CREDITS
• All clip art courtesy of Microsoft Design Gallery
  www.dgl.microsoft.com
• All sounds courtesy of FindSounds.com
• Digital Picture Self Portrait, Slide 2
• Scanned Picture grid paper, Slides 4-13
• TEKS
• Geometry and spatial reasoning. The student
  recognizes the connection between ordered pairs
  of numbers and locations of points on a plane.
  The student is expected to locate and name points
  on a coordinate grid using ordered pairs of whole
  numbers.