Read the number line
Letters on unnumbered marks: pupils count on from the nearest number. In Grades 3 and 4, lines in 25s or with only two numbers written.
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Teaching guide: how to use the number line
The number line shows the order of numbers and the size of calculations: adding moves forward, subtracting moves back, multiplying is making equal jumps, and negative numbers and fractions find their place among the whole numbers. This free number line worksheet generator builds A4 worksheets for Grades 1 to 7 with clearly marked lines and an answer key that draws the points and the jumps.
Student worksheet 
Answer key Place numbers
Four numbers to mark with a dot and their letter, to 20, 100 or 1000.
Read the jumps
Additions and subtractions in jumps of 1, of 10 and 1, and multiplications and divisions in equal jumps: pupils write the number sentence they see.
Draw the jumps
An empty line and a calculation: pupils make the jumps. The answer key shows them drawn.
Negative numbers
Jumps across zero (−3 + 5 = 2) and distances between integers, for Grades 6 and 7.
Fractions
Fractions between 0 and 1, improper fractions and mixed numbers to 3, and equivalent fractions on lines split into 6, 8, 10 or 12 parts.
Frequently asked questions about number line worksheets
Which grades are these worksheets for?
Grades 1 to 7 (Year 2 to Year 8). Reading and placing numbers and the jumps go from Grade 1 (to 20) to Grades 3 and 4 (to 1000 and multiplication). Fractions on a number line are for Grades 3 to 6, and negative numbers for Grades 6 and 7.
Does each exercise have only one answer?
Yes. Every point sits on a mark of the line and every line has at least two numbers written, so pupils can always work out what each mark is worth. The answers in the key come from the printed line.
What is in the answer key?
The number or fraction at each letter, the points marked on the line, the jumps drawn and the complete number sentences. Equivalent fraction lines also give the simplest form.
How do jumps of 10 and 1 work?
At level 2, adding 23 to 34 is two jumps of 10 (44, 54) and three jumps of 1 (55, 56, 57). It is the empty number line strategy, which builds mental addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers.
Do the worksheets repeat?
No. Every exercise you add is new, and selecting it on the sheet and clicking "New" gives you new number lines with the same settings.
What other worksheets go well with the number line?
Number sequences for skip counting, the hundred chart, comparing and ordering numbers, integer operations and fraction models. Find every resource under maths worksheets.
How do I print only the answer key?
Click Print and choose "Answer key", or "Worksheet and answer key" for both. Your browser's print dialog can also save it as a PDF.
Is any pupil data sent anywhere?
No. Worksheets are generated in your browser and templates are saved in your browser's memory.
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