Count Downs jQuery

HTML

<p id="loader-dec">0</p>

JavaScript

var currentNumber = $('#loader-dec').text();

$({numberValue: currentNumber}).animate({numberValue:255}, {
    duration: 3000,
    easing: 'linear',
    progress: function() { 
        $('#loader-dec').text(Math.ceil(this.numberValue*100)); 
    }
});