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Number Line

Set any line you like — whole numbers, negatives, fractions, decimals or percentages — then drag between two ticks to draw a jump and it works out the distance for you. Tap a number to hide it for the class to work out.

Drag from one tick to another to draw a jump.

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Using it in class

Jumps are the point

Drag from one tick to another and it draws the hop and labels the distance. That is what makes this a teaching tool rather than a ruler: counting on, counting back, finding a difference and adding in steps all look like something.

Hide a number and ask

Tap any label to cover it. Cover one, cover half of them, or use Blank line and take the labels away completely — the ticks stay, so the class has to work out where things are rather than read them off.

The same line, four ways

Split a unit into quarters and switch the labels between fractions, decimals and percentages without moving a tick. 1⁄4, 0.25 and 25% are the same place, and this is the quickest way to show it.

Thirds and sixths have no exact decimal, so they are labelled with a dot over the recurring digit — 0.3̇ — rather than being quietly rounded.