Printable Addition with Number Lines Worksheets

Printable addition with number lines worksheets for kindergarten through 2nd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 5 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides and speed drills.

Targeted Practice by Skill

About Addition with Number Lines

What this skill is

Addition with number lines visualizes adding by starting at the first addend and hopping forward along numbered points to find the total sum.

When children learn it

Number line addition is taught in kindergarten through 2nd grade, aligned to 1.OA.C.5 and 2.MD.B.6.

Teaching Tips

  • Circle the first addend on the number line, then draw forward jump arcs.
  • Count the spaces jumped rather than the tick marks.

Common Mistakes

  • Counting hash marks instead of counting forward hop spaces.
  • Starting hops from 0 instead of starting at the first addend.