Multiplication Skip Counting

Pick a number under Count by, fill the strip, then say 34 challenges aloud that turn jumps into times facts.

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Skip counting by 2: 1 to 150

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Skip counting by 2: 1 to 150, 10 numbers in a row.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90
91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100
101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110
111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120
121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130
131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140
141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150

Count by 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 … 150

Counting strip: fill the gaps, count by 2

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Counting challenges in four levels, easiest first

Skip counting by 2: 1 to 150. 3 blanks to fill in, in the counting strip.

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How it works

Multiplication skip counting means counting jumps, not only stops: five jumps of 3 land on 15, so 5 × 3 = 15. Choose one of 13 counts, fill the gaps in a strip, then say the 34 challenges aloud.

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From a count to a times fact

Say a count and raise a finger for every number: 6, 12, 18, 24. Four fingers are up, so 4 × 6 = 24. The page is a multiplication skip counting chart for 13 tables: the line under the chart lists the first 12 stops, that table's answers in order.

The strip, then the challenges

Count by sets the jump size and the chart re-marks itself, in fives for 25 and in tens for 100. The strip shows seven boxes with 3 or 4 empty: type, press Check, then New counting strip. The list All 34 challenges, further down, gives counts to say aloud in four levels.

Skip counting activities off the screen: count socks in pairs or eggs by the dozen, then ask how many groups.
Skip counting patterns sit in the last digit: 5s end 5 or 0, and 9s drop by 1 to 90.
Stuck on 6 × 8? Start from a known stop, 5 × 8 = 40, and jump once to 48.

Questions and answers

How does skip counting help with multiplication?

Every stop of a count is a product: the seventh stop of the 4s is 7 × 4 = 28. It runs in reverse too: reaching 45 takes 9 jumps of 5, so 45 ÷ 5 = 9. The times table charts list them.

Which skip counting numbers should come first?

Begin with the skip counting numbers whose endings repeat soonest: 10, 5 and 2. Go on to 3 and 4, then 6 to 9, where the pattern takes longer to come round. 25 and 100 count quarters and hundreds.

Can I print a worksheet for one count?

Choose the count under Count by, then press Print 6 counting strips, under the strip: six strips of that count and a key on a second sheet. Print the chart prints only the chart. For rows of any count, open skip counting worksheets.

All 34 challenges

Level 1: warm up from 0 6

Count by 2 to 24 Twelve jumps from 0: 2, 4, 6 and on to 24. Every stop is even, so the marks fill columns 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
Count by 3 to 36 Twelve jumps: 3, 6, 9, 12 and on to 36. No column stays empty, and the marks slant across the chart.
Count by 5 to 60 Twelve jumps: 5, 10, 15 and on to 60. The endings take turns, 5 then 0. Count a handful of nickels the same way.
Count by 10 to 120 Twelve jumps straight down the last column: 10, 20, 30 and on to 120. After one hundred say one hundred ten, not two hundred.
Count by 25 to 150 Six jumps: 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150. Quarters count this way, and every fourth one completes a dollar. The chart for this count is in fives.
Count by 100 to 1200 The chart for this count is in tens. Up to 900 it is counting 1 to 9 with the word hundred added; then come one thousand and one thousand one hundred.

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Level 2: count the jumps, name the times fact 10

3 jumps of 12 = 36 12, 24, 36: three jumps, so 3 × 12 = 36. The count by 3 needs twelve jumps to land on the same square.
4 jumps of 6 = 24 6, 12, 18, 24: four jumps, so 4 × 6 = 24. Six jumps of 4 land on the same square, which is why 4 × 6 and 6 × 4 share an answer.
5 jumps of 3 = 15 Tally the jumps: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15. Five jumps land on 15, so 5 × 3 = 15. The chart lights the fifth jump, 12 to 15.
6 jumps of 7 = 42 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42: six jumps, so 6 × 7 = 42. A week has 7 days, so six weeks hold 42 days.
7 jumps of 4 = 28 Hold up a finger for each number: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28. With 7 fingers up you are on 28, so 7 × 4 = 28.
8 jumps of 8 = 64 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64: eight jumps of 8 make a square number, 8 × 8 = 64. Halfway, the fourth jump landed on 32.
9 jumps of 9 = 81 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81. The tens go up by 1 while the ones go down by 1. Nine jumps, so 9 × 9 = 81.
9 jumps of 11 = 99 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99. Each stop shows its jump number twice, so 9 × 11 = 99. The next jump, to 110, breaks the pattern.
Jumps of 5 to reach 45 Tally the jumps until you land on 45: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45. Nine jumps, so 45 ÷ 5 = 9.
Jumps of 7 to reach 56 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56: eight jumps, so 56 ÷ 7 = 8. In 56 = 7 × 8 the digits run in order: 5, 6, 7, 8.

Level 3, say aloud: start off the count 8

Count by 2 from 1 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and on to 25: the odd numbers, exactly the squares that the count by 2 leaves unmarked.
Count by 3 from 1 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22. None is a stop of the 3s: each is 1 more than a stop, and 22 ÷ 3 leaves 1 over.
Count by 4 from 2 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30: the even numbers that the count by 4 jumps over.
Count by 5 from 3 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28 and on to 53. The endings take turns, 3 then 8, the way the count from 0 swaps 5 and 0.
Count by 9 from 5 5, 14, 23, 32, 41, 50. The digits of each stop add up to 5. Each jump goes one row down and one square left, until 41 reaches the left edge.
Count by 10 from 3 Put a finger on 3 and slide straight down the column: 13, 23, 33 and on to 93. The ones digit never changes.
Count by 11 from 4 4, 15, 26, 37, 48, 59. Adding 11 is adding 10 and then 1, so the count runs down a diagonal: one row down, one square right.
Count by 100 from 40 40, 140, 240, 340 and on to 940. Only the hundreds digit changes. The chart for this count is in tens, and it holds all ten numbers.

Level 4, say aloud: cross 100 and count back 10

Count back by 2 from 30 28, 26, 24, 22, 20 and on down. The endings run backward: 8, 6, 4, 2, 0. Fourteen jumps back reach 2.
Count back by 3 from 36 33, 30, 27, 24 and on to 3. Eleven jumps back reach 3. Cover the chart and try again.
Count back by 5 from 100 95, 90, 85, 80 and on down to 5. The endings still take turns, 5 then 0. Nineteen jumps back reach 5.
Count back by 10 from 120 Go up the last column: 110, 100, 90 and on to 10. Eleven jumps back, the same stops as the count forward, in reverse.
Count back by 25 from 150 125, 100, 75, 50, 25. Five jumps back, like handing over six quarters one at a time until a single quarter is left.
Count by 2 from 94 to 106 Six jumps: 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106. The endings keep their order through the hundred: 6, 8, 0, 2, 4, 6.
Count by 3 from 93 to 111 Six jumps: 96, 99, 102, 105, 108, 111. Past 100 the test still works: the digits of every stop add to a multiple of 3, as in 1 + 0 + 8 = 9.
Count by 5 from 85 to 120 Seven jumps: 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120. One hundred five comes straight after one hundred, never one hundred fifty.
Count by 6 from 90 to 120 Five jumps: 96, 102, 108, 114, 120. The endings of the 6s repeat every five jumps, 6, 2, 8, 4, 0, so 120 ends the way 90 did.
Count by 7 from 84 to 119 Five jumps: 91, 98, 105, 112, 119. To cross the hundred, split the 7: from 98 it takes 2 to reach 100, and the other 5 make 105.

How this list was compiled: Own work. Every challenge was generated and checked on 2026-09-19: the count was run forward or backward from its start by repeated addition, and the check covered each number, each run of numbers, each product and quotient, each digit total and each chart row and column quoted in a note, on a chart 10 squares wide. The same check worked out the three charts this page uses (ones from 1 to 150, fives from 5 to 750, tens from 10 to 1500) and checked that both lit squares of every challenge sit on the chart for its count. Facts in the notes were checked on Wikipedia on 2026-09-19: the 5 cent nickel and the 25 cent quarter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_United_States_dollar ; 100 cents in a dollar, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar ; 7 days in a week, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week ; a number is divisible by 3 when its digits add to a multiple of 3, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisibility_rule . The days in 6 weeks are a product of those facts, worked out the same way. Licence: own work