Hop back three, and land on the answer
A number line turns 20 − 3 into something a five-year-old can do: put a finger on 20, hop back three, and read where it lands. The first row of every page shows the hops, so nobody has to guess whether the start counts.
Start on the first number, then hop.
A number line worksheet generator, printable as a PDF. Ten rows a page, each a problem beside its own number line from 0 to 10 or 0 to 20. Pick subtraction, addition or both. The first row is worked: a dot on the starting number, a hop for every one, and the answer written in — the example that stops a child counting the start as a hop, the mistake number lines are known for. No problem asks for more than ten hops or lands on zero, and the 0 to 20 line uses its top half: every subtraction starts above 10 and every addition ends above it. The answer key draws the hops on every row.
1 token a sheet, fewer in batches.
US Letter PDF — prints on any home printer.
Start
Put your finger on the first number on the line.
Hop
Back one mark for every one taken away, forward for every one added.
Write
The number you land on goes in the box.
Number line
0 to 20 uses the top half of the line: every subtraction starts above 10 and every addition ends above it.
Problems
The first row is always worked, hop by hop, to show how.
Your worksheet lands here — download, print, or email it.