Skip counting worksheets for counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. Each one starts with groups children can see, such as pairs of ducks or boxes of ten dots, before moving to number strips and the hundreds chart. Start with the chart.
Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s shown with groups, with each list of numbers underneath.
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Pairs of ducks, apples and cars to count, then a number strip to 20.
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Eight number strips counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, some starting partway through.
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Color every number you say when counting by 5s, then circle the 10s.
Download PDFSkip counting is counting by a number bigger than one: 2, 4, 6, 8, or 5, 10, 15, 20. It is quicker than counting one at a time, and it is the first step toward multiplication. A child who can count by 5s already knows the answers in the 5 times table.
The trap is that skip counting can be learned as a chant, with no idea what the numbers mean. That is why Count by 2s, Count by 5s and Count by 10s all start with groups. Each box holds two ducks, five starfish or ten dots, so saying "2, 4, 6" is tied to adding one more pair each time.
Once the groups make sense, the number strips take them away. Missing Numbers mixes all three kinds of counting, and half its rows start in the middle of a sequence, such as 30, 35, 40. That is harder than starting at the beginning, and it shows whether a child knows the pattern or only the chant.
The hundreds chart sheet shows the patterns as shapes: the 5s make two straight columns and the 10s make one. Every worksheet has an answer key on its second page. A blank or filled hundreds chart is a good partner for these sheets, and the multiplication charts are where skip counting leads.