Skip counting can help students recognize patterns in numbers and develop good mental math skills. It exercises number sense and is very useful when counting objects quickly, in that instead of counting objects individually they can be bundled together in groups of 5s or 10s etc and skip count helps to speed up the process. This resource has been created with a differentiated approach in mind, so that if needed, for example, pupils can begin by practicing skip counting with 5 up to 100 then at