Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Skip counting

What is skip counting?
‘Skip Counting’ is counting by a number that is NOT 1.
For example, You skip count by 2 like this:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 …

Why we learn ‘Skip Counting’?
‘Skip Count’ can helps you to
1.       Count many things quickly
2.       Learn your multiplication tables

Skip count by 2
Examples: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 …

Skip count by 10
Skip count by 10 is like normal counting, except there is an extra ‘0’.
Examples: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 …

Skip count by 5
Examples: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 …

Skip count by 3
Examples: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 …

Skip counting by 4
Examples: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36 …

Skip count backwards
Skip count also works backwards.
There are:
-1 Skip Counting Backwards (from 100 to 1) Example: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 

 -2 Skip Counting Backwards by 2 Example: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 

 -5 Skip Counting Backwards by 5 Example: 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15 

 -10 Skip Counting Backwards by 10 … Example: 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30

Counting

Count to 100


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten










11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty










21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
twenty-
one
twenty-
two
twenty-
three
twenty-
four
twenty-
five
twenty-
six
twenty-
seven
twenty-
eight
twenty-
nine
thirty










31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
thirty-
one
thirty-
two
thirty-
three
thirty-
four
thirty-
five
thirty-
six
thirty-
seven
thirty-
eight
thirty-
nine
forty










41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
forty-
one
forty-
two
forty-
three
forty-
four
forty-
five
forty-
six
forty-
seven
forty-
eight
forty-
nine
fifty










51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
fifty-
one
fifty-
two
fifty-
three
fifty-
four
fifty-
five
fifty-
six
fifty-
seven
fifty-
eight
fifty-
nine
sixty










61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
sixty-
one
sixty-
two
sixty-
three
sixty-
four
sixty-
five
sixty-
six
sixty-
seven
sixty-
eight
sixty-
nine
seventy










71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
seventy-
one
seventy-
two
seventy-
three
seventy-
four
seventy-
five
seventy-
six
seventy-
seven
seventy-
eight
seventy-
nine
eighty










81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
eighty-
one
eighty-
two
eighty-
three
eighty-
four
eighty-
five
eighty-
six
eighty-
seven
eighty-
eight
eighty-
nine
ninety










91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
ninety-
one
ninety-
two
ninety-
three
ninety-
four
ninety-
five
ninety-
six
ninety-
seven
ninety-
eight
ninety-
nine
one
hundred