Skip-counting puzzles
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🔷What is Skip Counting?
🏀The way of counting a number, not in a natural way but counting numbers by missing the number which comes next to the previous one every time.
🎄In skip counting, we are excluding some digits while counting.
⚽Skip counting is similar to multiplication tables. For example 1, 3, 5, … In this, we are skipping one number after the previous one to get the next number in skip counting.
⚽Skip counting will help kids to work on with large numbers and they can memorize their tables easily.
🔴Learn with an example🔴
Bernie started at 30. He skip-counted by tens. Could he have said the number 100?
We know that Bernie started at 30 and skip-counted by tens. We want to find out if he could have said the number 100. Try counting like Bernie. Start at 30 and count by tens until you say 100 or go past it.
30 ➡️ 40 ➡️ 50 ➡️ 60 ➡️ 70 ➡️ 80 ➡️ 90 ➡️ 100
Yes, you say 100. Bernie could have said 100.
Levi began at 10. He skip-counted until he reached 20. Could he have been counting by tens?
We know that Levi started at 10 and skip-counted until he got to 20. We want to find out if he could have been counting by tens. Try counting like Levi. Start at 10 and count by tens until you say 20 or go past it.
10, 20
Yes, you say 20. Levi could have been counting by tens.
Marshall started at 15. He skip-counted by fives. Could he have said the number 45?
We know that Marshall started at 15 and skip-counted by fives. We want to find out if he could have said the number 45. Try counting like Marshall. Start at 15 and count by fives until you say 45 or go past it.
15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45
Yes, you say 45. Marshall could have said 45.
Let’s practice!
