Find the size of each jump first: count the jumps between two numbers you know. Then count on from the nearest labelled number: halfway from 40 to 50 is 45.
number linenumbers in order, evenly spaced along a line
ticka small mark for a number on the line
betweenafter one number and before the next
closer tofewer steps away
Watch for: Counting the ticks instead of the jumps between them. Assuming each jump is 1 when the line counts by more. Ordering by the first digit only when the numbers have different lengths.
At home: Draw a line from 0 to a big round number on paper, and take turns marking where a number goes. Check by counting the jumps.
Sample sheet and answer key
Freddie's Frog Pond
Grade 1 · Number lines to 100 · MA.1.NSO.1.4
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Freddie the frog lives in a busy pond full of bugs, lily pads and friends. Solve each problem to help Freddie out!
What goes in each box?
Count the jumps between the numbers you know.
Mark the numbers
Put a dot for each: 44, 64, 84, 4, 21, 46.
Closer to which?
Picture the number line. Circle the closer number.
Is 51 closer to 50 or 60?5060
Is 56 closer to 50 or 60?5060
Is 58 closer to 50 or 60?5060
Is 71 closer to 70 or 80?7080
Put them in order
Least to greatest, then greatest to least.
49 · 38 · 47 · 31
16 · 11 · 22 · 21
Grade 1 · Sheet
Freddie's Frog Pond
Grade 1 · Number lines to 100 · MA.1.NSO.1.4
Answer key
Freddie the frog lives in a busy pond full of bugs, lily pads and friends. Solve each problem to help Freddie out!
What goes in each box?
Count the jumps between the numbers you know.
Mark the numbers
Put a dot for each: 44, 64, 84, 4, 21, 46.
Closer to which?
Picture the number line. Circle the closer number.
Is 51 closer to 50 or 60?5060
Is 56 closer to 50 or 60?5060
Is 58 closer to 50 or 60?5060
Is 71 closer to 70 or 80?7080
Put them in order
Least to greatest, then greatest to least.
49 · 38 · 47 · 3131 < 38 < 47 < 49
16 · 11 · 22 · 2122 > 21 > 16 > 11
Answer key
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