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