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Math: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Number Lines (Questions)

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Using number lines as a form of representing numbers is useful in lots of different ways in math. 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!

Can you solve the number line questions?

1. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[ ] 4, 7, 16
[ ] 5, 11, 16
[ ] 5, 9, 11
[ ] 9, 12, 17
2. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[ ] 7, 8, 15, 20
[ ] 8, 9, 15, 19
[ ] 7, 15, 19, 20
[ ] 4, 8, 9, 10
3. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[ ] 24, 25, 29
[ ] 25, 27, 31
[ ] 42, 52, 92
[ ] 24, 29, 31
4. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[ ] 49, 50, 51
[ ] 50, 51, 52
[ ] 50, 55, 59
[ ] 50, 55, 60
5. 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
6. What would the last number on this part of the number line be?
[ ] 20
[ ] 29
[ ] 54
[ ] 32
7. Which number would be found at the beginning of this number line?
[ ] 53
[ ] 50
[ ] 23
[ ] 35
8. 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
9. Which other numbers might you find on this part of the number line?
[ ] 66, 67, 68
[ ] 1, 3, 5
[ ] 35, 37, 39
[ ] 12, 14, 20
10. What is wrong with this number line?
[ ] All the numbers are odd
[ ] The numbers are not in the correct order
[ ] There are too many numbers
[ ] All the numbers are even
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Math: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Number Lines (Answers)
1. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[ ] 4, 7, 16
[x] 5, 11, 16
[ ] 5, 9, 11
[ ] 9, 12, 17
Say the numbers as you count up
2. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[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
3. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[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
4. Which numbers are missing from this number line?
[ ] 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
5. What is special about all the numbers missing from this number line?
[ ] 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
6. What would the last number on this part of the number line be?
[ ] 20
[x] 29
[ ] 54
[ ] 32
Pointing to each mark and saying the number is helpful
7. Which number would be found at the beginning of this number line?
[x] 53
[ ] 50
[ ] 23
[ ] 35
Pointing and counting down aloud may help
8. Which other numbers might you find on this part of the number line?
[ ] 4, 5, 7
[ ] 46, 49, 52
[ ] 75, 80, 85
[x] 18, 20, 27
Count forwards and backwards from the center number
9. Which other numbers might you find on this part of the number line?
[ ] 66, 67, 68
[ ] 1, 3, 5
[ ] 35, 37, 39
[x] 12, 14, 20
Count forwards and backwards from the center number
10. What is wrong with this number line?
[ ] 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!