Year 1 · Maths
Numbers to 20 on a number line
Finding a number on a number line by counting on or back from the numbers that are marked.
New sheets start on target. You can also print an easier one or a harder one.
What your child will see
The whole sheet as it prints. Every new sheet has different numbers.
Which number is the frog sitting on? Write it in the box.
Two minutes at home
- Ask
- Which printed number is nearest the frog? Hop on or back from it.
- Play
- Chalk a number line from 0 to 20 outside. Call a number and they hop to it; then swap.
Common mistakes and how to help
The answer is one out: they may have counted the printed number as "1" when hopping along, instead of counting the hops.
Try this: Put a finger on the printed number, then hop to each mark saying the next number: "5, hop, 6, hop, 7".
Counted the right number of hops, but the wrong way from the printed number: back instead of on, or on instead of back.
Try this: Talk about which way the numbers get bigger before hopping, and point that way.
The answer is a long way off: they may not be using the printed numbers to work out the others yet.
Try this: Draw a number line on a long strip of paper together and write in every number, then cover some up.
Curriculum links
Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least.
National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study · Year 1 Mathematics: Number and place value
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