Repeated Jumps

This worksheet is designed to help students in Grades 3 and early Grade 4 develop a clear, conceptual understanding of division by modeling it as repeated jumps on a number line. Students draw jumps of a specified size (such as 2, 6, or 7) to reach a target number, then count the number of jumps to determine the quotient. This visual, hands-on approach makes division concrete and intuitive.

Skills Reinforced

• Division as Repeated Addition and Subtraction
  Understand division as breaking a number into equal steps.
• Visual Modeling of Operations
  Represent division problems using number line jumps.
• Number Line Fluency
  Practice accurate spacing, counting, and labeling on number lines.
• Conceptual Understanding of Quotients
  Recognize the quotient as the number of equal jumps made.

Instructional Benefits

• Hands-On Representation
  Supports learners who benefit from drawing and visual reasoning.
• Concept-First Approach
  Emphasizes understanding how division works rather than memorization.
• Supports Number Sense Development
  Builds intuition about equal steps, grouping, and total quantities.
• Clear Connection Between Model and Answer
  Students draw, count, and then write the quotient.
• Flexible Use
  Ideal for guided practice, math centers, intervention, or homeschool instruction.

This printable worksheet helps students see division as an active process of partitioning a number into equal parts. By drawing repeated jumps along a number line, learners strengthen number sense, improve visual reasoning, and build confidence with division concepts. The structured, visual format prepares students for more abstract division strategies and algorithms in future lessons.

This worksheet is part of our Division on a Number Line Worksheets collection.