2nd Grade Number Line Lengths worksheets

About this worksheet

A number line is a ruler in disguise: the same equal steps, and the same idea that every step is one unit of length. That makes it a good tool for adding and subtracting lengths, because a child can start at one length and jump forward to add or back to subtract. This worksheet gives four short stories about lengths, each with a printed number line under it and a sentence with a blank for the answer.

Ask your child to find the first length on the number line, decide whether the story adds, takes away or compares, and then jump or count along the line to the answer. Draw dots or small arrows on the line if it helps, and read the finished sentence out loud to check that it makes sense.

What your child will learn

• Use a number line to add and subtract lengths
• Decide whether to jump forward or back
• Write a length in a sentence with its unit

Common Core standard: 2.MD.B.6