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Number Line Worksheets

Alex Ion

Read numbers by their positions, not just their labels. These number-line worksheets ask the learner to identify marked points on evenly spaced scales.

Start with whole numbers from 0 to 10, move to tens from 0 to 100, or choose quarter-unit steps and signed integers when those ideas are appropriate. Each level keeps the scale consistent within a question.

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Number Line Worksheets

Name __________________Date __________

Try these example questions. Show your thinking.

  1. Which number comes between 2 and 4?
  2. Which number comes between 5 and 7?
  3. Which number is two steps after 4?
  4. Which number is three steps before 8?
  5. Which number is halfway between 0 and 4?
  6. Which number is halfway between 4 and 8?
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Read the interval first

Find two labeled ticks and count the equal spaces between them. The difference between the labels, divided by the number of spaces, tells you the value of one interval. A tick does not always mean one whole unit.

Three short examples

  • On a unit-spaced line, three steps right from 4 reach 7.
  • Between 0 and 1 divided into four equal spaces, the third tick after 0 is 3/4.
  • On a signed number line, −3 is left of −1, so −3 is the smaller number.

Match the level to the learner

Whole-number scales support early counting and addition. Quarter-unit scales offer a focused third-grade fraction model. Signed integer positions are a sixth-grade extension. These are different ideas, so a learner need not complete every level in order.

Count intervals rather than tick marks when measuring a distance. Moving from the tick at 0 to the tick at 4 crosses four unit intervals, even though five labeled ticks are visible.

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