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Mathematics·Counting & Cardinality·procedural

Skip Counting (4s, 8s, 50s, 100s)

Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50, and 100

Suggested ages 7–8

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Learning journey

Your child is developing counting confidence with larger numbers, practicing skip-counting patterns and counting up to 1000 by different amounts.

Evidence of understanding

  • Recite the multiples of 4 from 0 to at least 48
  • Recite the multiples of 8 from 0 to at least 96
  • Count in steps of 50 and 100 from 0 to 1000

Assessment prompt

Can Skip Counting (4s, 8s, 50s, 100s) count in fours all the way to 48, count in eights, or count up in hundreds from any starting point — for example 350, 450, 550?

Standards alignment

Ma/KS2/Y3/NPV/1GB · uk-nc-2013

Count in multiples

The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · Key Stage 2