🔢 2nd grade math · Counting & Numbers

Skip count by 5s, 10s, 100s

Skip counting means hopping by the same amount every time: 5, 10, 15, 20… Find the hop size by looking at two numbers next to each other.

Worked example

Count by 5s: 5, 10, ?, 20, 25

Answer: 15

Each hop adds 5. 10 + 5 = 15, and 15 + 5 = 20, the next one.

For grown-ups: Skip-count by 5s, 10s, 100s. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

CCSS 2.NBT.A.2

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Practices skip-count by 5s, 10s, 100s (2.NBT.A.2). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

Count by 5s: 15, 20, 25, ?, 35
Show the answer and how
Answer: 30
Each hop adds 5. 25 + 5 = 30, and 30 + 5 = 35, the next one.
Count by 10s: 20, ?, 40, 50, 60
Show the answer and how
Answer: 30
Each hop adds 10. 20 + 10 = 30, and 30 + 10 = 40, the next one.
Count by 5s: 0, 5, ?, 15, 20
Show the answer and how
Answer: 10
Each hop adds 5. 5 + 5 = 10, and 10 + 5 = 15, the next one.

Before and after

Learn first: Hundreds, tens and ones (2nd)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Skip count by 5s, 10s, 100s (2nd grade)

Count by 10s: 40, 50, ?, 70, 80
Count by 5s: 50, 55, ?, 65, 70
Count by 5s: 5, 10, 15, 20, ?
Count by 10s: 20, 30, 40, ?, 60
Count by 10s: 50, 60, 70, 80, ?
Count by 2s: 12, ?, 16, 18, 20
Count by 2s: 2, ?, 6, 8, 10
Count by 10s: 40, ?, 60, 70, 80
Count by 10s: 28, ?, 48, 58, 68
Count by 5s: 120, 125, 130, ?, 140
Count by 10s: 11, 21, ?, 41, 51
Count by 5s: 135, 140, ?, 150, 155

Try three

Before and after

Skip count by 5s, 10s, 100s (2nd grade)

Answer key