This manipulative provides opportunities to:

• Graphically represent addition and subtraction

• See how negatives and positives combine to produce a final outcome

• Create positive or negative “jumps” along the number line

• Add custom tick marks to the number line and enter an associated value

• Hide or show number labels

• Label the number line with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or no number

• Write on the screen with a pencil tool or a provided tool for writing numbers and equations