Number line 0 to 100 in tens, A4 sheet

What is printed on this sheet

A number line covering 0 to 100 in steps of ten. Eleven ticks, numbered 0, 10, 20 and so on to 100, four copies to an A4 sheet of 210 mm by 297, and 48 lines drawn in all.

Nothing is drawn between the tens. There is no faint tick at the units and no half-height mark at the fives; the stretch between 30 and 40 is plain line. Eleven marks is what the sheet has, and eleven is all it draws.

Counting in tens is a different sheet

It is not the sheet that counts in ones with nine numerals in every ten rubbed out. The step belongs to the geometry: at a step of ten there are eleven ticks across the line, where counting in ones over the same 0 to 100 puts a hundred and one there. Both sheets cover the identical range, and they are not the same object.

The difference shows in what a mark is. Here each of the eleven marks is one of eleven, standing alone with clear line either side of it. On the sheet that counts in ones, the mark at 30 is one of a hundred and one and has to be picked out of its neighbours. Choosing between the two sheets is choosing which of those you want, and it is not a choice that can be made after printing.

Setting the step and the range

The step is a control on the page, as are the first and last numbers, so this line can be reset to count in ones, or stopped short of 100, without leaving the sheet. The numerals can be dropped so only the ticks print; the four copies to a sheet can be raised or lowered; and the line can be turned to run down the page.

Beyond that it behaves like everything else here: paper in A4, Letter, Legal or A5, ink in grey, blue or black, name-and-date lines at the head, and PDF, PNG or SVG out, drawn in the browser.

Print at 100 per cent, or Actual size. Fit to page scales an A4 sheet onto Letter at 94.1 per cent; the bar in the foot margin is drawn 50 mm long and labelled, and reads about 47 mm when the sheet has been scaled.