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Skip Counting Challenge
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Skip Counting Challenge
🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To
Today I am learning to:
- Skip count by 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to help with multiplication
- Use skip counting patterns to solve problems
- Connect skip counting to multiplication and division facts
✅ Success Criteria
I can tick these when I achieve them:
I can skip count by different numbers confidently I can explain how skip counting helps with multiplication I can solve problems using skip counting strategies📝 Part 1: Complete the Skip Counting Sequences
1. Skip count by 3: 3, 6, 9, _____, _____, 18, _____, _____
2. Skip count by 4: 4, _____, 12, _____, 20, _____, _____
3. Skip count by 6: 6, 12, _____, _____, 30, _____, _____
4. Skip count by 7: 7, 14, _____, _____, 35, _____, _____
5. Skip count by 8: 8, _____, 24, _____, _____, 48
6. Skip count by 9: 9, 18, _____, _____, 45, _____, _____
🧮 Part 2: Word Problems Using Skip Counting
7. Sarah is organising stickers into groups of 6. She has 42 stickers altogether. How many groups can she make? Use skip counting to help you.
Answer: _____ groups
8. A bakery packages muffins in boxes of 8. If they need 56 muffins for an order, how many boxes do they need?
Answer: _____ boxes
9. Challenge Question: Tom skip counts by 7 and reaches 63. Emma skip counts by 9 and also reaches 63. Explain how this shows that 7 × 9 = 63 and 9 × 7 = 63.
10. Extension: If 8 × 6 = 48, use this fact to work out 48 ÷ 8 = _____ and 48 ÷ 6 = _____
Explain how skip counting helped you: ________________________________
🌟 Part 3: Reflection
11. Which skip counting pattern did you find easiest? Why?
12. How does skip counting help you with multiplication and division? Give an example.
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