Skip Counting Worksheets

Free Skip Counting Worksheets for Kids (Printable with Answer Keys)

Looking for free Skip Counting Worksheets to help your students learn how to skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s, and more?

If so, this page shares a huge library of free skip counting practice worksheets that are easy to download, print, and share! All of our skip counting worksheets are available as PDF files and each one includes an answer key so that your students can check their work and assess how well they are able to skip count.

Our library shares a variety of worksheets for topics including skip counting by 2 worksheets, skip counting by 5 worksheets, and skip counting by 10 worksheets. You can download any of our free skip counting worksheets by clicking on the bold text links in the worksheet library section below. Clicking on any of the text links will open a preview page where you can see the worksheet and answer key before deciding to download and/or print the PDF skip counting worksheet.

The third section of this page includes a short review of skip counting and what it actually means in terms of counting. This section includes several examples and diagrams for skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, and it is a great review for struggling students.

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Skip Counting Worksheets

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Skip Counting Worksheets Review

Skip counting is an simple, but important math skill that every student must learn because it serves as a key foundational skill for learning number sense and how to perform addition and multiplication.

What is skip counting? In math, skip counting is the act of counting numbers using increments that are not equal to one. In other words, instead of counting numbers one at a time (i..e the normal way of counting numbers), you actually “skip” numbers by counting at increments such as by 2, by 5, or by 10. This technique of skip counting allows you to count numbers more quickly and to also recognize number patterns and relationships, which will help you to build a stronger conceptual understanding of numbers and their relationship to each other.

For example, if you wanted to skip count by 2s, you could start at 2 and then “skip” every other number as shown in the following sequence:

• 2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,14,16,18,20,…

Similarly, you could do the same thing with skip counting by 3s:

• 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,…

As shown in Figure 01 below, we can visualize how skip counting works using a number line.

The graphic in Figure 01 above can help you to visualize the act of skip counting, and this process applies to skip counting by any value.

For example, if you wanted to skip count by 5s, you could start at 5 and then “skip” ahead 5 units to the next number, 10, and then again to the next number, 15, and so on and so forth as follows:

• 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,…

Similarly, you could do the same thing with skip counting by 10s:

• 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,110,…

The key thing to remember is that, whenever you are skip counting, you must keep the interval the same. So, if you are skip counting by 5s, then every “skip” must be five units ahead. In other words, you would have to add 5 to each number to keep the sequence going.

The examples of skip counting by 5s and skip counting by 10s are illustrated in Figure 02 below. You can use this graphic as a reference if you need help with the skip counting by 5 worksheets or any of the skip counting by 10 worksheets.

Now that you have a better understanding of how skip counting works and why it is such a useful and important math skill, go ahead and return to the library section of this page and attempt the problems on a few of our free skip counting worksheets to assess your progress.