A gentle introduction to addition by drawing short jumps on the number line.
Addition jumps — read the jumps, write the sum · 0–20
Start on the black dot. Follow each hop above the line and add. Write the number you land on.
1
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 + 1 =
2
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 + 1 =
3
+3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4 + 3 =
4
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 6 + 1 =
5
+3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 + 3 =
6
+3 +3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 + 6 =
7
+3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10 + 3 =
8
+1 +3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 0 + 4 =
More beginner-friendly addition practice to build confidence with counting forward.
Addition jumps — read the jumps, write the sum · 0–20
Start on the black dot. Follow each hop above the line and add. Write the number you land on.
1
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 + 2 =
2
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 + 1 =
3
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18 + 2 =
4
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 + 2 =
5
+3 +1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 + 4 =
6
+1 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 + 3 =
7
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 7 + 2 =
8
+3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 + 3 =
Slightly larger numbers to add, encouraging kids to jump further along the line.
Addition jumps — read the jumps, write the sum · 0–20
Start on the black dot. Follow each hop above the line and add. Write the number you land on.
1
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 0 + 1 =
2
+2 +3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 + 5 =
3
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4 + 2 =
4
+2 +1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 7 + 3 =
5
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4 + 1 =
6
+1 +3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 7 + 4 =
7
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 + 2 =
8
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 + 2 =
Keep up the great work with these fun addition problems up to twenty.
Addition jumps — read the jumps, write the sum · 0–20
Start on the black dot. Follow each hop above the line and add. Write the number you land on.
1
+2 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 + 4 =
2
+3 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 0 + 5 =
3
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 + 1 =
4
+2 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 + 4 =
5
+1 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 + 3 =
6
+2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10 + 2 =
7
+1 +1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4 + 2 =
8
+3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 + 3 =
A final challenge with bigger jumps to test their number line addition skills.
Addition jumps — read the jumps, write the sum · 0–20
Start on the black dot. Follow each hop above the line and add. Write the number you land on.
1
+2 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 8 + 4 =
2
+3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 0 + 3 =
3
+1 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 6 + 3 =
4
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 + 1 =
5
+1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18 + 1 =
6
+3 +3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 0 + 6 =
7
+3 +3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 6 + 6 =
8
+2 +2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 8 + 4 =
