Skip Counting on a Number Line Worksheets for 2nd Grade

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

Skill: Filling in number lines that count by 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s

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Works for second graders who can skip count aloud but lose track when a count starts at an unusual number. Lines that count by 100s from a number like 230 surprise many children, so read the hundreds digit on each mark first. Box-style rows are in Skip Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, and counts to 1,000 are in Skip Counting by 5s, 10s and 100s.

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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A number line turns skip counting into equal jumps that children can see. When the marks read 20, 22, 24, every jump is the same size, and the next mark has to be 26. Second graders are expected to skip count by 5s, 10s and 100s within 1,000, and this second grade worksheet adds counting by 2s and puts every count on a number line.

The page has eight number lines with eight marks each. In Part A, two lines count by 2s and two count by 5s. In Part B, two lines count by 10s and two count by 100s, and the 100s lines start at numbers such as 40 or 230, so children have to keep the tens and ones steady while the hundreds change. Three marks on every line are empty boxes, and children work out the jump size from the numbers that are shown before filling them in. Every number stays below 1,000. Each of the ten versions has new lines and its own answer key.

How to use it: for each line, have your child find two numbers that sit next to each other and say how far apart they are. Then count aloud along the line, pointing to every mark. When two empty boxes sit side by side, fill in the first one, then jump again from it.

The answer key shows every missing number. For skip counting in rows of boxes, try our Skip Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s worksheet. For longer counts within 1,000, try our Skip Counting by 5s, 10s and 100s worksheet.