Counting by 5s From Any Number Worksheets for 2nd Grade

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Grade 2MathCounting & Number SenseCCSS 2.NBT.A.2

Skill: Skip counting by 5s within 100 from starting numbers that are not multiples of 5

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Best for second graders who already count by 5s from 0 without help. Many children try to round the start to the nearest 5, so point out that every number in a row keeps the same pair of ones digits. Then try Skip Counting by 20s, 25s and 50s for larger steps, or use fives with coins in Counting Coins.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

Most children learn to count by fives as 5, 10, 15, 20. Counting by fives from a number like 13, as in 13, 18, 23, 28, is harder, because the numbers do not end in 5 or 0. It is a great way to build mental math, since adding 5 to a number is something children will do again and again. Second graders skip count by 5s within 1,000, and this second-grade worksheet stretches that skill to any starting number.

The page has ten rows of six boxes. Every row starts at a number from 1 to 74 that is not a multiple of 5, so the ones digit takes turns between two numbers, such as 3 and 8 or 1 and 6. Two boxes in each row are empty, and the first box is always filled in. Every row stays within 100, and no two rows start at the same number. Each of the ten versions has new rows and its own answer key.

How to use it: before starting, ask your child to look at the first number and say what its ones digit is. Then show that adding 5 changes the ones digit to its partner, and every second step the tens digit goes up by one. A hundred chart helps a lot: each jump of 5 is half a row. Ask your child to check a finished row by counting back by 5s.

The answer key shows every missing number. For the basic pattern, try our Counting by 5s to 100 worksheet. For a similar skill with tens, try our Counting by 10s From Any Number worksheet.