Skip Counting (4s, 8s, 50s, 100s)
Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50, and 100
What a learner can do afterwards
- Recite the multiples of 4 from 0 to at least 48
- Recite the multiples of 8 from 0 to at least 96
- Count in steps of 50 and 100 from 0 to 1000
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You already know how to count by 2s: 2, 4, 6, 8. Skip counting just means counting in equal jumps, and today your jumps get bigger. You will count by 4s, 8s, 50s, and 100s.
Zara has 3 bags of 8 blocks each. She skip counts by 8s to find the total: 8, 16, 24. She has 24 blocks in all.
Counting by 50s works like counting by 100s, but each jump is only half as big: 50, 100, 150, 200, 250. However big the jump is, always add the same number every time.
Skip counting means adding the same jump size every time, whether that jump is 4, 8, 50, or 100.
More to read
Count by units of 4 to multiply
Fours skipping marches 4, 8, 12, 16, all the way to 48 and beyond. Each step adds one more 4, so the march doubles the twos beat you already know. Tap the table in fours while a friend checks the landing spots. Miss a landing and march that stretch again slowly.
Count by units of 8 to multiply and divide by using arrays and tape diagrams
Eights skipping climbs 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, up to 96. Each landing is double the matching fours landing, a handy rescue rope when memory slips. Pair the marches: say the fours under your breath while shouting the eights. Both chains reach 48 together, then the eights march on alone.
Multiplication tables while having fun
Fifties and hundreds skipping race to 1000. Fifties hop 50, 100, 150, 200, while hundreds leap 100, 200, 300. The two chains high-five at every hundred. Run both chains side by side and shout the meeting points together.
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