Number lines are great tools to help reinforce the concept of set units. It presents students with a visual image that is much like a ruler which is a familiar object to most students. A numbers line creates a system or numbers realm that students instantly identify with. Children quickly recognize marks that break up units of a whole value and make it much more digestible for students. These arks lead students to understand the lesser portion of whole values when consider much greater concepts such as fractions or decimals. This is the first time students are working with a number line. Using the number line we start by asking them to count forward. Each problem provides them with a clearly labeled number line. As they advance in this section, we ask students to count both forward and backward using the number lines. Kids with use a numbers line to complete various sequences.

These worksheets put the challenge on students to complete numbers lines that skip digit or follow some sort of pattern that may be unfamiliar or foreign to students. This selection of worksheets and lessons will ask students to determine the intention of the author of a numbers line. What was he or she thinking when they created such monstrosity? The answer will often surprise teachers as well as students. Take your time on these worksheets and get to understand the purpose of their creation, this will help you solve them. Using these number lines as visual cues, students will practice counting consecutive numbers in single and double digits, and will be asked to answer questions about number lines that test their comprehension of the skill.