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How to Make a Number Line Plot Online

Several websites allow users to create both virtual and printable number line plots, with whole and negative numbers and decimals, as well as increments. You can customize number line plots for offline worksheets. You can also make number lines online using manipulatives, which allows students to interact with the number lines so they can plot answers to problems generated.

Instructions

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      Learn to plot negative numbers and decimals on number lines using online resources.

      Make a number line plot online at the Math Worksheet website. Input the starting and ending numbers using whole or negative numbers and decimals, as well as increments desired. The generator will produce number lines on printable worksheets to your specifications. For a virtual number line, the Numberlines website creates number lines with a choice of increment and starting number and themes such as decimals, negative and whole numbers, and missing numbers. The site also comes with an idea section for teachers.

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      Learn to use number lines to plot solutions to basic arithmetic problems online at CoolMath.

      Create number line plots of all sorts online at CoolMath's site. CoolMath offers a wide selection of number line tutorials, on topics such as plotting points, vertical and horizontal lines, finding the slope of a line, parallel and perpendicular lines, and the equation of a line given two points. Algebra Cruncher problems on site help students learn how to manipulate virtual number lines.

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      Learn to plot fractions on a number line at the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives' site.

      Visit the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives' website for several activities that allow users to plot number lines online. The Number Line Arithmetic activity allows users to plot arithmetic operations on a number line, while the Number Line Bars manipulatives allow users to use bars to illustrate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers and fractions on a number line. The Number Line Bounce activity on this site is a number line addition and subtraction game, which allows players to navigate virtual number lines to solve line plot problems. Place Value Number Line is another manipulative on this site that allows users to place value through interplay with number lines, and the Comparing Fractions game allows users to plot fractions on a number line.

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      Make number line games at FunBrain, which range in skill level from easy to Super Brain.

      Make online number lines with FunBrain's Line Jumper game. Players choose from five skill levels ranging from Easy to Super Brain. The easy level uses number lines from 0 to 10, the next level goes to 20, and the level after that begins to incorporate negative numbers on the number line as well. Solve arithmetic problems ranging from simple addition to division of fractions with negative numbers on virtual number lines at FunBrain.

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      Plot simple arithmetic problems on an animated number line made of lily pads at ICT Games.

      Plot basic arithmetic problem answers on a virtual number line game at ICT Games, which substitutes the number line for a line of lily pads for the number line to help familiarize students with number line plots. Solve online arithmetic problems by helping a frog jump the appropriate number of lily pads, while fish swim below the lily pads for an animated ambiance.

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