Kindergarten Counting: Skip Counting by 5s

Learn to count by fives

What You'll Learn

  • Count by 5s to 50
  • Notice the 5, 0 pattern
  • Connect to telling time

📖Counting by Fives

Skip counting by 5s: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50!

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All numbers when counting by 5s end in 5 or 0. Try it!

Worked examples

Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.

  1. Example 1

    Count by 5s:
    15, ,25, ,35,40

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 5 each time (skip counting by 5).
    3. Add 5 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 20, 30.

    Answer: 20, 30

  2. Example 2

    Count by 5s:
    15,20,25,30, , 

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 5 each time (skip counting by 5).
    3. Add 5 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 35, 40.

    Answer: 35, 40

  3. Example 3

    Count by 5s:
    5,10, ,20,25, 

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 5 each time (skip counting by 5).
    3. Add 5 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 15, 30.

    Answer: 15, 30