Skip Counting by 5s
Count by 5s like counting ₦5 coins.
🎯 What You'll Learn
You will learn to skip count by 5s. This is very useful for counting ₦5 coins and groups of 5.
🏪 Market Story
Amina empties her savings jar and finds many ₦5 coins. Instead of adding ₦5 one at a time, her brother Tunde shows her a faster way. "Count by fives!" he says. Amina picks up each coin and counts: "₦5, ₦10, ₦15, ₦20, ₦25, ₦30, ₦35, ₦40." She has 8 coins totalling ₦40!
📝 Let's Learn
Skip counting by 5s means you add 5 each time: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.
Keep going: 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100.
Notice the pattern: the numbers always end in 5 or 0. This makes them easy to remember!
Example 1: Count six ₦5 coins: ₦5, ₦10, ₦15, ₦20, ₦25, ₦30.
Example 2: Count by 5s from 30 to 60: 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60.
Example 3: Bola counts fingers in her class. Each person has 5 fingers on one hand. She counts students' hands: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. There are 6 hands up, so 6 students raised their hands.
✏️ Practice Questions
- Skip count by 5s from 5 to 50. Write all the numbers.
- Emeka has 9 coins of ₦5. How much money does he have? Count by 5s to find out.
- What comes next: 65, 70, 75, ___?
Click to see answers
- 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.
- Emeka has ₦45. Count: ₦5, ₦10, ₦15, ₦20, ₦25, ₦30, ₦35, ₦40, ₦45.
- The next number is 80.
💡 Remember
When you count by 5s, every number ends in 5 or 0. This pattern is perfect for counting coins and telling time on a clock!