2nd grade skip counting to 1,000 worksheets
Skip counting to 1,000 worksheets give second graders twelve number rows with blanks, each row stepping by 5, by 10, or by 100. The rows live anywhere up to 1,000, so a child skip counts through 295, 300, 305 as easily as through 5, 10, 15. Finding the step and holding it across the hundreds turn is the whole task, and every print draws new rows.
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The kind of problems you'll get
Complete every pattern. Use the stated counting step when given.
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Count by fives from 10.
Answer: 15, 20, 25 come next.
Most problems on this sheet sit beside a picture, model or diagram, so this is the worked example the sheet itself prints. The answer key on page two prints the answer under every problem.
Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.
What's on a 2nd grade sheet
The sample sheet above has 12 problems. Its answers run from 25 to 680.
- Skip count to 1,000. Complete every pattern. Use the stated counting step when given. 12 problems per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.
How to teach this
Before your child writes anything, have them find the step by comparing two neighbors that are filled in. Say it: "this row goes by fives." The hard moments are the turns, 495 to 500 and 990 to 1,000, so listen for those out loud. A hundreds chart helps with the 5s and 10s inside one hundred; for the 100s, a row of hundreds written across the top of the page does the same job. When the sheet is easy, call out a start number and a step and ask for the next four numbers with no paper.
Watch for: Kids assume every row counts by 10 and never check the step. Read two filled numbers next to each other first and find the difference. Kids lose the hundreds at the turn, writing 300 after 295 but then 305, 310. Say the turn aloud: two hundred ninety-five, three hundred, three hundred five. Kids treat 5s and 10s as different skills. Point out that the 10s are every second number of the 5s.
Common questions about 2nd grade skip counting to 1,000
- How is this different from the first grade skip counting page?
- First grade counts by 2s, 5s, and 10s within 100. Second grade adds counting by 100s and takes every step up to 1,000, which is the second grade standard. Start there if the rows within 100 are not yet automatic.
- Does every sheet include all three steps?
- Yes. The twelve rows mix 5s, 10s, and 100s, and the rows are shuffled, so your child has to find the step for each one.
- Why do some rows start with a blank?
- A blank at the front asks for the number before the first one shown, which means counting backward by the step. It is the same pattern read the other way.
- What does this build toward?
- Skip counting by 5s and 10s to 1,000 is the runway for adding tens and hundreds mentally and for multiplication next year.
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Aligned to Common Core 2.NBT.A.2. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.
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