Number lines, evenly spaced and correctly labelled.
Printable number lines in six ranges, including negatives and a blank version. The tick spacing is computed rather than eyeballed, so the intervals are genuinely equal — which is the whole point of a number line and the thing hand-drawn ones get wrong.
What it is for
- Counting on and back for addition and subtraction
- Introducing negative numbers by crossing zero
- Rounding, by seeing which ten a number sits nearer
- Fractions and decimals, using the blank line with your own scale
Common questions
Which range should I start with?
Nought to ten for early counting, nought to twenty once a child is bridging ten. Move to nought to a hundred for place value and rounding, and to the negative line when directed number is introduced.
What is the blank number line for?
Choosing your own scale. The same ticks can be 0 to 1 in tenths, 0 to 200 in twenties, or a timeline. Labelling it is often the exercise.
Are the intervals exactly equal?
Yes. Tick positions are computed from the range and the page width rather than drawn by hand, so equal numeric steps really are equal distances. On a hand-drawn line they usually are not, which quietly teaches the wrong thing.
Other maths sheets
- Multiplication chart — Times tables to 12×12, every product computed.
- Blank multiplication grid — Headers printed, products blank — for practice and testing.
- Times tables practice — A worksheet per table, 40 questions, with answers.
Also free: printable paper including graph and squared, sudoku, and planner templates.