Grade 1 Counting: Skip Counting by 10s

Learn to count by tens

What You'll Learn

  • Skip count by 10s to 120
  • Recognize that all 10s end in 0
  • Connect to place value and counting dimes

📖Counting by Tens

Skip counting by 10s: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120!

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Counting by 10s is the easiest skip counting. Every number ends in 0!

Worked examples

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

  1. Example 1

    Count by 10s:
    30,40,50,60,70, , , 

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 10 each time (skip counting by 10).
    3. Add 10 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 80, 90, 100.

    Answer: 80, 90, 100

  2. Example 2

    Count by 10s:
    50,60, , ,90, ,110,120

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 10 each time (skip counting by 10).
    3. Add 10 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 70, 80, 100.

    Answer: 70, 80, 100

  3. Example 3

    Count by 10s:
    30,40,50, ,70,80, , 

    Fill in the missing numbers

    1. This is a counting pattern — each number changes by the same amount.
    2. The numbers go up by 10 each time (skip counting by 10).
    3. Add 10 to fill each blank. The missing numbers: 60, 90, 100.

    Answer: 60, 90, 100