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Maths Quiz - Year 1 Numbers - Number Lines (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Maths and Numeracy for children aged 5 and 6 in year 1. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with using number lines to identify and represent numbers.

Using number lines as a form of representing numbers is useful in lots of different ways in maths. They can help with counting forwards or backwards, help to find the answer when adding or subtracting and they can even help with times tables. Knowing how number lines represent numbers and how to use them well will help make number work much easier!

Which numbers are missing from this number line?

[ ]	4, 7, 16
[ ]	5, 11, 16
[ ]	5, 9, 11
[ ]	9, 12, 17

[ ]	7, 8, 15, 20
[ ]	8, 9, 15, 19
[ ]	7, 15, 19, 20
[ ]	4, 8, 9, 10

[ ]	24, 25, 29
[ ]	25, 27, 31
[ ]	42, 52, 92
[ ]	24, 29, 31

[ ]	49, 50, 51
[ ]	50, 51, 52
[ ]	50, 55, 59
[ ]	50, 55, 60

What is special about all the numbers missing from this number line?

[ ]	They all end with 2
[ ]	They are all odd
[ ]	They are all even
[ ]	They are all more than 30

What would the last number on this part of the number line be?

[ ]	20
[ ]	29
[ ]	54
[ ]	32

Which number would be found at the beginning of this number line?

[ ]	53
[ ]	50
[ ]	23
[ ]	35

Which other numbers might you find on this part of the number line?

[ ]	4, 5, 7
[ ]	46, 49, 52
[ ]	75, 80, 85
[ ]	18, 20, 27

[ ]	66, 67, 68
[ ]	1, 3, 5
[ ]	35, 37, 39
[ ]	12, 14, 20

10.

[ ]	All the numbers are odd
[ ]	The numbers are not in the correct order
[ ]	There are too many numbers
[ ]	All the numbers are even

Maths Quiz - Year 1 Numbers - Number Lines (Answers)

[ ]	4, 7, 16
[x]	5, 11, 16
[ ]	5, 9, 11
[ ]	9, 12, 17

Say the numbers as you count up

[x]	7, 8, 15, 20
[ ]	8, 9, 15, 19
[ ]	7, 15, 19, 20
[ ]	4, 8, 9, 10

Counting out loud will help you fill the blanks

[x]	24, 25, 29
[ ]	25, 27, 31
[ ]	42, 52, 92
[ ]	24, 29, 31

Look at the numbers which come before and after the blank spaces

[ ]	49, 50, 51
[ ]	50, 51, 52
[ ]	50, 55, 59
[x]	50, 55, 60

Look at the numbers which come before and after the blank spaces

[ ]	They all end with 2
[ ]	They are all odd
[x]	They are all even
[ ]	They are all more than 30

These numbers are in the two times table

[ ]	20
[x]	29
[ ]	54
[ ]	32

Pointing to each mark and saying the number is helpful

[x]	53
[ ]	50
[ ]	23
[ ]	35

Pointing and counting down aloud may help

[ ]	4, 5, 7
[ ]	46, 49, 52
[ ]	75, 80, 85
[x]	18, 20, 27

Count forwards and backwards from the centre number

[ ]	66, 67, 68
[ ]	1, 3, 5
[ ]	35, 37, 39
[x]	12, 14, 20

Count forwards and backwards from the centre number

10.

[ ]	All the numbers are odd
[x]	The numbers are not in the correct order
[ ]	There are too many numbers
[ ]	All the numbers are even

Saying the numbers aloud will sound all wrong!