Counting in multiples of two, five, ten | Maths | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

There are 10 cherries on each cake. How many cherries are there altogether? Count in tens.

'40' ✓
Which image shows 25 slices of pizza. Count in fives.
How many cherries can you see? Count them in twos.

'16' ✓
Which numbers will I say when counting in fives?

10 ✓

25 ✓

52

30 ✓

51
Lucas is practising step counting. Which statements are true?

If I count in twos, I will say 9

If I count in fives, I will say 15 ✓

If I count in tens, I will say 40 ✓

If I count in odd numbers, I will say 11 ✓

If I count in even numbers, I will say 1
Which is the most efficient way to count the number of cups given to children at lunchtime?

count in ones

count in twos

count in fives

count in tens ✓

True or false. When we count in even numbers, we are counting in twos.

True ✓
False
Complete the counting sequences.

1, 3, 5, 7,

⇔

9 ✓

10, 12, 14, 16,

⇔

18 ✓

11, 9, 7, 5,

⇔

3 ✓

12, 10, 8, 6

⇔

4 ✓
Laura and Sam are counting their stickers. Each sticker is worth 2 points. How many points do they have altogether? ______

'20' ✓
Each sticker is worth 10 points. How many points have the children earned?

'80' ✓
True or false. The red stickers and the orange stickers show an equal number of points.

True ✓
False
True or false. The green stickers show more points than the orange stickers because there are more green stickers than orange.

True
False ✓

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When skip counting in twos, we say, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 …
When skip counting in twos from any given number, we can see this as two more or two less than the odd or even number.
When skip counting in fives, we say, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 …
When skip counting in tens, we say, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 …

Children miss out numbers when skip counting.

Children could have resources like number lines to refer to when counting. These can be removed once children become more confident.