Skip Counting by 2s

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will learn to skip count by 2s, which means counting every other number. This helps you count pairs of things quickly.

🏪 Market Story

Emeka is at the shoe market in Balogun. Shoes come in pairs — that means 2 shoes in each pair. He needs to count how many shoes are on the shelf. Instead of counting one shoe at a time, he counts by 2s: "2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12." There are 6 pairs, which is 12 shoes!

📝 Let's Learn

Skip counting by 2s means you jump over one number each time: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.

Keep going: 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40.

These numbers are called even numbers. They all end in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.

Example 1: Count 5 pairs of slippers by 2s: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. There are 10 slippers.

Example 2: Count by 2s from 14: 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24.

Example 3: Funke counts eggs in a crate. They are arranged in rows of 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. She has 20 eggs in 10 rows of 2.

✏️ Practice Questions

1. Skip count by 2s from 2 to 20. Write all the numbers.
2. Chidi has 7 pairs of socks. Skip count by 2s to find how many individual socks he has.
3. What is the next number in this pattern: 26, 28, 30, ___?

Click to see answers

1. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.
2. Chidi has 14 socks. Count by 2s: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14.
3. The next number is 32. The pattern adds 2 each time.

💡 Remember

Skip counting by 2s is a fast way to count pairs. The pattern is: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10... These are even numbers and they always end in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.