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Skip Counting by 5s and 10s—Let's Practice!

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Skip Counting by Fives and Tens – Introduction

Get ready because today we're going to practice skip counting by fives and tens! Skip counting helps us count faster by jumping numbers. Ready? Let's go!

What Does it Mean to Skip Count by Fives and Tens?

Skip counting means counting forward or backward by a number other than one. For example, when skip counting by fives, we add or subtract five each time to the given number.

Let's start with some fun activities to help us count!

Skip Counting by Fives and Tens – Step by Step

We'll count together slowly at first, and then we will try counting faster. Notice the patterns as we count.

Skip Counting by Fives

Ready? Let's start by skip counting by fives. Use a hundred chart to help you visualize the numbers.

Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty

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Skip Counting by Tens

Now, let's try skip counting by tens.

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, one hundred

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Skip Counting Backwards by Fives

Let's challenge ourselves by skip counting backward by fives from one hundred to sixty-five.

One hundred, ninety-five, ninety, eighty-five, eighty, seventy-five, seventy, sixty-five

Skip Counting by Fives and Tens – Practice

To practice skip counting, use a hundred chart to follow the patterns.

Spot the Missing Numbers

Skip Counting by Fives and Tens – Summary

Key Learnings from this Text:

  • Skip counting by fives means adding five each time.
  • Skip counting by tens means adding ten each time.
  • You can skip count forward and backward.
  • Use a hundred chart to see the patterns in skip counting.

Keep practicing skip counting to become a math whiz! Check out more fun counting activities and exercises on our website, such as skip counting by 3s and 6s, counting by 10 to 100, or counting to 100 in 1s.

Skip Counting by Fives and Tens – Frequently Asked Questions

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Transcript Skip Counting by 5s and 10s—Let's Practice!

Razzi says get these items ready (...) Because today we're going to practice... Skip Counting by fives and tens. It's time to begin! Let's skip count by FIVES first! Can you skip count by fives on THIS hundred chart and write down the numbers? Pause the video to work on the problem (...) and press play when you are ready to see the solution! We start at five... and jump up by five every time. Five (...) ten (...) fifteen (...) twenty (...) twenty-five (...) thirty (...) thirty-five (...) forty (...) forty-five (...) fifty (...) and so on! Did you also get these highlighted numbers? Let's tackle the next problem! Now try skip counting by TENS using the hundred chart and write down the numbers! Pause the video to work on the problem (...) and press play when you are ready to see the solution! We start at ten... and jump up by ten every time. Ten (...) twenty (...) thirty (...) forty (...) fifty (...) and so on! Did you also get these highlighted numbers? Let's keep practicing! Skip count BACKWARDS by FIVES from one hundred to sixty-five. Pause the video to work on the problem (...) and press play when you are ready to see the solution! We start at one-hundred... and jump back by five every time. One hundred(...), ninety-five, (...)ninety, (...)eighty-five, (...)eighty, (...)seventy-five, (...)seventy, (...)sixty-five! Did you also get this answer? Razzi had so much fun practicing with you today! See you next time!

Skip Counting by 5s and 10s—Let's Practice! exercise

Would you like to apply the knowledge you’ve learned? You can review and practice it with the tasks for the video Skip Counting by 5s and 10s—Let's Practice!.
  • Skip count from 5 to 50.

    Hints

    Start at 5, and jump up by 5 every time to find the missing numbers.

    Skip count by 5's out loud to hear the next number.

    Solution

    By skip counting by 5's, we find the missing numbers are 5, 20, 25, 35, and 40.

    5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.

  • Skip count from 0 to 100 by 10's

    Hints

    Use the hundreds chart to help you skip count by 10's.

    Skip count by 10's out loud to hear the next number.

    Solution

    By skip counting by 10's, we find the missing numbers are 20, 40, 50, 70, 90, and 100.

    10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.

  • Skip count by 10's.

    Hints

    Start at 10, and jump up by 10 every time.

    Use the hundred's chart to help you skip count by 10's.

    Solution

    By skip counting by 10's, we find the missing numbers are 30, 50, 60, 70, 90, and 100.

    10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.

  • Skip count by 5's and 10's.

    Hints

    When skip counting by 5's start at 5 and jump up by 5 every time: 5, 10, 15...

    When skip counting by 10, start at 10 and jump up by 10 every time: 10, 20...

    Use the hundred's chart to help you with skip counting.

    Solution

    By skip counting by 5's, we find the missing numbers are 15, 20, 30, 45, 60, 65, 70, 80, and 95.

    5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50

    55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100.

    By skip counting by 10's we find the missing numbers are 30, 40, and 100.

    10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.

  • Skip count by 5's to determine the missing numbers.

    Hints

    For the first row, skip count by 5's to fill in the missing numbers.

    Use your answers from the first row to help see the pattern on the second row, when you are skip counting backwards.

    Solution

    In the first row, the missing numbers are 15, 20, 25, and 45.

    5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.

    In the second row, the missing numbers are 35, 25, 20, and 5.

    50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5.

  • Skip count backwards.

    Hints

    Skip count backward by 5's for the first row. Skip count backwards by 10's for the second row.

    Say the numbers out loud as you skip count by 5's and 10's.

    Use the hundreds chart to help you.

    Solution

    By skip counting backwards by 5's we find the missing numbers are 85, 70, 65, 55, and 40.

    100, 95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70, 65, 60, 55, 50, 45, 40.

    By skip counting backwards by 10's we find the missing numbers are 70, 50, 40, and 20.

    100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10.