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Skip Counting Challenge
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Skip Counting Challenge
Complete each pattern and use skip counting to solve the problems. Show your thinking where asked.
Complete the patterns
Fill each gap by counting on in equal steps.
1.Count forwards in 3s: 6, 9, , 15, , 21, .
2.Count forwards in 4s: 8, , 16, , 24, .
3.Count forwards in 6s: 12, 18, , 30, , 42.
4.Count forwards in 7s: 14, , 28, , 42, .
5.Count forwards in 8s: 16, 24, , 40, , 56.
6.Count forwards in 9s: 18, , 36, , 54, .
Use skip counting to solve
You may use the number line to show equal jumps.
7.At the school canteen, Harper puts 5 apples in each lunch bag. How many lunch bags can she fill with 40 apples?
8.Lachlan places 7 juice boxes on each tray. He has 49 juice boxes. How many trays does he need?
9.Evie packs 6 muffins in each box for the canteen. How many muffins are in 8 boxes?
10.Counting by 8s and counting by 6s both land on 48. Write a multiplication fact for each pattern, then explain what the shared total tells you.
11.Use 9 × 4 = 36 to complete both division facts: 36 ÷ 9 = and 36 ÷ 4 = .
Think about your strategy
Use a pattern from this page in your response.
12.Which counting pattern on this page would you choose to practise first? Give one reason.
13.Explain how counting in equal jumps can help with multiplication. Include one multiplication example.
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