This easy worksheet helps second graders see how skip counting connects to multiplication. Students sort number patterns like 3, 6, 9, 12 and 5, 10, 15, 20 into Skip Counting (Equal Groups) or Not Skip Counting, then fill in blanks such as '5 groups of 4 means 5 x ___' and 'Skip count by 3s three times: 3, 6, ___.' True or false items check ideas like '6 groups of 2 is the same as 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2.' Working through these builds the equal-groups thinking that makes times tables click later.
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Introduction to Multiplication
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
3, 6, 9, 121, 3, 5, 75, 10, 15, 202, 5, 7, 104, 8, 12, 1610, 20, 30, 40
Skip Counting (Equal Groups)
Not Skip Counting
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Skip count by 2s five times: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.
2. 5 groups of 4 means 5 x 4.
3. Skip count by 3s three times: 3, 6, 9.
4. 4 x 3 means 4 groups of 3.
5. Skip count by 5s four times: 5, 10, 15, 20.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Skip counting by 2s three times gives 6, which is the same as 3 x 2.
True False
2. 4 x 5 equals 25.
True False
3. 6 groups of 2 is the same as 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2.
True False
4. 3 x 3 equals 6.
True False
Introduction to Multiplication
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
3, 6, 9, 121, 3, 5, 75, 10, 15, 202, 5, 7, 104, 8, 12, 1610, 20, 30, 40
Skip Counting (Equal Groups)
Not Skip Counting
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Skip count by 2s five times: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.
2) 5 groups of 4 means 5 x 4.
3) Skip count by 3s three times: 3, 6, 9.
4) 4 x 3 means 4 groups of 3.
5) Skip count by 5s four times: 5, 10, 15, 20.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) Skip counting by 2s three times gives 6, which is the same as 3 x 2.
True
False
2) 4 x 5 equals 25.
True
False
3) 6 groups of 2 is the same as 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2.
True
False
4) 3 x 3 equals 6.
True
False
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