Missing Numbers on a Number Line Worksheets for Kindergarten
Help your student use the labels already shown on a number line.
Teaching notes for parents and teachers
How to teach it
Read the first label and count each equal interval forward by one. Pause at the missing label and check against the next printed number.
Example to work through together
Use the model below as you explain the example. Have your student point to the quantities as you discuss them.
Read the visible starting number first: point to 3 and say “three.” Move to the next mark and say “four.” One more step reaches the empty box: “five.” Continue with the printed 6 and 7 to check.
The missing number is 5. It is one more than four and one less than six. Counting forward and checking the next visible label lead to the same answer.
Point to every card that is greater than 1 and less than 4. More than one card may work.
Let the child check each card against both parts of the question. Use counters if needed: does its group have more than one counter, and fewer than four?
Show all the matching cards and explain why
The matching cards are 2 and 3. Saying 3 and 2 identifies the same cards and is also correct.
Two and three are each greater than one and less than four. One is not greater than itself. Four is not less than itself. The two end cards therefore do not match the question.
If Ben chooses only 2, he has found one correct card. Ask, “Does another card also pass both checks?” If he includes 4, compare a group of four counters with another group of four: they are equal, so neither has fewer counters.
Ask your student
Does our number fit between its two neighbors?
If your student needs help
If the student counts tick marks from one, point back to the actual starting label.
Make a practice set
Select the worksheet, answer key, or both. When both are selected, the answer key prints after the questions. Keep it separate if you want your student to work independently.
After your student finishes
Read each completed number line aloud. Check the answer using the labels immediately before and after it. Start from the printed first number, which is not always 1.
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Put three different numbers from 1–9 in order from smallest to largest. Use counters or number cards for support.
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Number sequence activityBefore and After Numbers Worksheets for Kindergarten
Find the number just before and just after a given number. Count one step back and one step forward within 1–9.
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Kindergarten selected skill connection: Supporting K.CC.A.2 practice: count forward from a given number, using a short number line within 9. See the Common Core standards for this grade. This worksheet does not cover every requirement in the standard.