🔢 MathGrade 2Lesson 20
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Practice Skip Counting

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What you will learn

  • 1Skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s on a number line
  • 2Identify the next value in a skip-count sequence
  • 3Connect skip counting to repeated addition and multiplication
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Mini Lesson

Skip counting means jumping over numbers in equal steps. Instead of counting 1, 2, 3, 4… you jump straight to 2, 4, 6, 8… or 5, 10, 15… or 10, 20, 30… It is repeated addition on a number line — and a shortcut to multiplication!

Skip counting by 2s

  • Add 2 each time: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.
  • All the numbers are even. The ones digit repeats: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, 2…
  • Tip: These are your 2 times table values.

Skip counting by 5s

  • Add 5 each time: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.
  • Every number ends in 0 or 5.
  • Tip: Count on one hand — each finger is 5.

Skip counting by 10s

  • Add 10 each time: 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.
  • Every number ends in 0. Only the tens digit changes.
  • Tip: These are the numbers at the end of each row on a hundred chart.

Link to multiplication

  • Skip counting by 2s five times: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 → same as 5 × 2 = 10.
  • Skip counting by 5s four times: 5, 10, 15, 20 → same as 4 × 5 = 20.

Words to know

Skip count

To count by equal jumps, like 2s, 5s, or 10s

e.g. I skip count by 5s: 5, 10, 15, 20.

Even

A number that can be split into two equal groups

e.g. Skip counting by 2s makes a list of even numbers.

Times table

A list of products you get when multiplying a number by 1, 2, 3, and so on

e.g. Skip counting by 5s gives you the 5 times table.

Number line

A line marked with numbers in order

e.g. I skip counted on a number line by 10s.

Pattern

A rule that tells you the next number

e.g. Skip counting by 2s makes a clear pattern.

Three skip-count number linesThree horizontal number lines. Top: skip by 2s from 0 to 10, blue arcs at 2,4,6,8,10. Middle: skip by 5s from 0 to 20, orange arcs. Bottom: skip by 10s from 0 to 40, purple arcs.Skip by 2s0246810Skip by 5s05101520Skip by 10s010203040Skip counting = repeated addition = multiplication
Three skip-count number lines — blue arcs for 2s, orange for 5s, purple for 10s.
Skip counting patterns and multiplication linksThree color-coded cards showing skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s with each sequence, ones-digit pattern, and multiplication link.Patterns to RememberCount by 2s:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14…Ends in 0,2,4,6,8 • 5 jumps → 5×2=10Count by 5s:5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30…Ends in 0 or 5 • 4 jumps → 4×5=20Count by 10s:10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60…Always ends in 0 • 3 jumps → 3×10=30
Pattern cards — 2s (blue), 5s (orange), 10s (purple) with ones-digit pattern and multiplication link.
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Ask yourself: "Am I adding 2, 5, or 10 each time? What is the next number in the pattern?"

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