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1st grade math · Unit 4: Counting and place value to 120

Skip counting by 2s and 5s

What this lesson shows

Shade by 2s to 20 and by 5s to 100. The 5s always end in 5 or 0.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: by 2s to 20. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Shade by 2s
  2. Count by 5s
  3. Look for the pattern

Helping at home

Skip count on a 120 chart, shading each number. By 2s, every number ends in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0. By 5s, in 5 or 0. By 10s, in 0.

If your kid gets stuck

Look at how each number ends.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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