The dock · Subject tools

Number Line

A number line you can resize, relabel and reuse.

Set the range, set the step, and get a clean number line the back row can read. Counting, negatives, skip-counting — without redrawing a wobbly one in marker.

Also called: interactive number line · counting line

  • Free for teachers · no login required

 

How it works

Three steps, zero setup

No setup screen, no import wizard — Number Line lives on the same board as everything else and it's running before the class has sat down.

1

Open the dock and tap Number Line

A clean line lands on your board, zero to twenty out of the box.

2

Set the range and step

Zero to twenty for counting, negatives for temperature, steps of five for skip-counting.

Highlight what matters

Mark a range on the line to show an interval, a jump, or where the answer must live.

Classroom ideas

Try it tomorrow

Three ways teachers actually run number line — steal one for tomorrow morning.

Where does it live?

Call a number and have students point to where it belongs before you highlight the interval. Estimation instinct, built daily.

Negative-number winters

Range −10 to 10 all winter, and plot the morning temperature on it. Negative numbers stop being abstract the first frosty day.

Jump the difference

Model subtraction as jumps: highlight from 37 back to 19 and count the hops together. The line shows what the algorithm hides.

I model letters on the same dotted thirds they have in their books. The difference in their writing showed up within a fortnight.
Sofía Reyes Year 1 Teacher
Same dock, one tap away

Pairs well with

Every tool lives on the same board — these turn number line into a whole routine.

Calculator

The calculator says 18; the line shows why.

Dice

Roll two numbers, then find and jump the gap between them.

Draw

The line holds the numbers; the sketch shows the jumps.

Text

Label the landmarks — halves, doubles, the number of the day.

…and the rest of the dock is one tap away:

FAQ

Good to know

Can it show negative numbers?

Yes — set any range you like, negatives included. Temperature lessons approve.

Can I change the intervals?

Yes — any step size, so the same widget covers counting by ones and skip-counting by 25s.

Can I highlight a section?

Yes — mark a range on the line to show an interval or a jump between numbers.

Do I need an account to try it?

No — no login, no install. Your setup saves with the board on this device; an account is only for other devices.

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Put a number line on your board

Open a board, tap the dock, and it's there. That's the whole setup.