Count by 3978 (Skip Counting by 3978s)

Count by 3978

Here we will show you how to count by 3978, discuss counting by 3978 patterns, and tell you why knowing how to count by 3978 matters. To start off, note that Count by 3978 means counting in 3978s, or count by three thousand nine hundred seventy-eights, and it is also called skip counting by 3978.

How to count by 3978
Normally, we would count by 1 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., but when we count by 3978, we count 3978, 7956, 11934, 15912, and so on.

In other words, to count in intervals of 3978 or skip counting by 3978, we start with 3978 and then add 3978 to get the next number, and then continue adding 3978 to the previous number to keep counting by 3978, like this:

3978
3978 + 3978 = 7956
7956 + 3978 = 11934
11934 + 3978 = 15912
15912 + 3978 = 19890
...

You can of course skip count by 3978 forever, so it is impossible to make a list of all numbers, but below is a Count by 3978 Chart of the first 100 numbers to get you started.

Looking at the chart above, you will see that the first column has the first ten numbers you get when you skip count by 3978, the second column has the next ten numbers you get when you skip count by 3978, and so forth.

Count by 3978 Patterns
We organized the Skip Counting by 3978s Chart above in 10 rows and 10 columns so you can easily identify patterns.

Skip counting always creates patterns. Figuring out these patterns may help you if want to count by 3978, but don't have the Counting by 3978s Chart above. Obviously, one pattern with counting by 3978s is that the number increases by 3978.

Furthermore, if you look at each row above, each number in the row has the same last digit (ones place). That means that every tenth number has the same last digit.

If you look down the columns, you will see that the last digit (ones place) repeats itself in blocks of 5 over and over. The pattern of the last digit when you count by 3978 goes 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and so on for as long as you count by 3978.

Why Count by 3978?
We think that understanding and learning about skip counting by 3978 is important, because it teaches you how the arithmetic operations fit together. Below are some examples of what we mean.

When you count by three thousand nine hundred seventy-eight, you are also creating a list of multiples of 3978 that you can use in math when you need the least common multiple. 3978 times n equals the nth multiple or skip count of 3978.

When you skip count by 3978, you are also creating a list of numbers that 3978 is divisible by. On top of that, skip counting by 3978 is the same as making the 3978 times table.

Skip Counting
Need to skip count by another number? Enter another number for us to skip count for you.

Count by 3979
Here is the next number on our list that we used to skip count.