Addition Subtraction Number Lines

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📏 Part 1: Using Number Lines

1. Use the number line to solve 34 + 23. Show your jumps.

Answer: 34 + 23 = _______

2. Use the number line to solve 68 - 25. Show your jumps.

Answer: 68 - 25 = _______

3. Complete this number line addition: 47 + 36

Answer: 47 + 36 = _______

4. Show how to solve 82 - 19 using jumps on a number line.

Answer: 82 - 19 = _______

5. There are 48 children at the school sports day. 27 more children arrive from another school. How many children are there altogether?

Draw your number line working:

Answer: _______ children

6. Sarah had 75 stickers. She gave away 38 stickers to her friends. How many stickers does she have left?

Draw your number line working:

Answer: _______ stickers

7. At the library, there were 56 books on the shelf. The librarian added 29 more books. How many books are on the shelf now?

Show your thinking on a number line:

Answer: _______ books

8. Look at this number line solution for 63 + 28:

Start at 63, jump forward 20 to get 83, then jump forward 8 to get 91

Explain why this method works:

9. Which method do you prefer for solving addition problems? Circle one:

Counting on fingers

Using a number line

Mental maths

Using blocks or counters

Explain why you chose this method: