Early MathSkip counting by 2s up to 20
Name: Date:
Count by 2s. Write the missing number in each row.
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29111317
346812
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5791115
635911
Skip counting by 2s worksheets
Every row counts by two, and the sheet says so at the top. Five numbers in a run with one of the middle three missing, so a child counts on from the left and checks against the number on the right. Free printable sheets, with an answer key.
If they get stuck
Skip counting by 2s
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Counting by twos comes in two flavors and this sheet prints both. An even run — 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 — is the one everybody starts with; an odd run — 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 — is the same step landing on the other set of numbers, and a child who has only ever seen the even one often reads it as a different skill. It is not, and putting them on one page is what shows that.
Why this sheet works
Five numbers, not three. A run of three is a single addition with the answer written twice; five is long enough for the rhythm to be audible, which is the whole point of counting aloud in steps. The blank never sits at either end, so the answer can be reached from the left and confirmed from the right.
How this one works
6, 8, 10, ?, 14
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- Work out the jump from numbers you can SEE — never from the gap, because the gap is what you are trying to find.
- 6 to 8 is up 2, and a counting sequence jumps the same amount every time.
- So the gap is 10 + 2 = 12.