Practice Skip Counting in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

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Quick Recap

Counting forward by a number other than 1, jumping by equal intervals such as 2s, 5s, or 10s to produce the multiples of that number.

Skip counting is like hopping along a number line instead of walking step by step. Counting by 5s is like hopping over 4 numbers each time: 5,10,15,20,…

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Example 1

hard
A store sold 100 toys on Monday, 100 on Tuesday, 100 on Wednesday, and 100 on Thursday. The goal was to sell 1000 toys by the weekend. How many more toys must they sell by Sunday?

Example 2

medium
Skip-count by 3s starting from 3. What is the 8th number?

Example 3

challenge
Counting by 5s, how many numbers from 5 up to 100 are there, and what is their sum?

Example 4

easy
Count by 10s. Fill in the blanks: 10, 20, ___, ___, 50.

Example 5

medium
How many hops by 100 does it take to get from 300 to 900?

Example 6

easy
Fill in the missing number: 600, 700, ___, 900.

Example 7

medium
Skip count by 6s: 6, 12, 18, ___, ___.

Example 8

challenge
Skip count by 4s and by 6s starting from 0. What is the first number (after 0) where both sequences land?

Example 9

easy
Count the stars: ⭐⭐. How many stars?

Example 10

medium
Skip-count by 2s: 48, 50, ___, ___, 56.

Example 11

medium
You skip-count by 5s starting from 5. What is the 7th number you say?

Example 12

medium
You have 2 fingers up. Put up 1 more. Then 1 more. How many fingers?

Example 13

medium
How many 2s are there from 2 to 14 counting by 2s (including both)?

Example 14

easy
Skip-count by 100s from 0 to 1000. How many numbers do you say (not counting 0)?

Example 15

easy
Skip-count by 2s from 20 to 30. What numbers do you say?

Example 16

medium
How many hops by 10 does it take to get from 0 to 100?

Example 17

easy
Start at 200 and skip-count by 100s four times. Where do you land?

Example 18

medium
You skip count by 4s from 0 and take 7 hops. Where do you land?

Example 19

easy
Count out loud: 1, 2, 3, ___. What number comes next?

Example 20

easy
You see 1 duck, then 1 more, then 1 more. How many ducks do you see?
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