Skip Counting

Skip counting is counting by numbers other than 1, such as 2, 3 or 5.

Learning to "Skip Count" helps us:

• count many things quickly
• learn our multiplication tables

Skip Count by 2

Learning to skip count by 2 means we can count things faster!

Try this example, who will be the winner?

It is called "skip" counting because we skip over numbers:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ...

Try It Yourself

Drag the marbles:

Now For Some Practice!

Let's try "Filling Out the Missing Numbers":

• First try: Skip Counting by 2s to 20
• And then: Skip Counting by 2s to 100

Skip Counting by 10s

Skip Counting by 10s is like normal counting (1, 2, 3,...) except with an extra "0":

10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, ...

• Practice: Skip Counting by 10s to 100
• Practice: Skip Counting by 10s to 300

Skip Counting by 5s

Skip Counting by 5s has a nice pattern:

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, ...

This pattern can make it easier.

OK, let's get some practice:

• Start with: Skip Counting by 5s to 50
• And then try: Skip Counting by 5s to 100

Skip Counting by 3s and 4s

Skip Counting by 3s is:

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, ...

• Practice: Skip Counting by 3s to 36
• And: Skip Counting by 3s to 90

Skip Counting by 4s is:

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, ...

• Practice: Skip Counting by 4s to 48
• And: Skip Counting by 4s to 120

Skip Count Backwards!

Yes, skip counting also works backwards:

Skip Count by Bigger Numbers!

Try these for a challenge:

Skip Count on the Number Line

Also try skip counting on the number line

Skip Counting is Repeated Addition

When we skip count, we are doing repeated addition, which is multiplication!