Count by 4948 (Skip Counting by 4948s)

Count by 4948

Here we will show you how to count by 4948, discuss counting by 4948 patterns, and tell you why knowing how to count by 4948 matters. To start off, note that Count by 4948 means counting in 4948s, or count by four thousand nine hundred forty-eights, and it is also called skip counting by 4948.

How to count by 4948
Normally, we would count by 1 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., but when we count by 4948, we count 4948, 9896, 14844, 19792, and so on.

In other words, to count in intervals of 4948 or skip counting by 4948, we start with 4948 and then add 4948 to get the next number, and then continue adding 4948 to the previous number to keep counting by 4948, like this:

4948
4948 + 4948 = 9896
9896 + 4948 = 14844
14844 + 4948 = 19792
19792 + 4948 = 24740
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You can of course skip count by 4948 forever, so it is impossible to make a list of all numbers, but below is a Count by 4948 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 4948, the second column has the next ten numbers you get when you skip count by 4948, and so forth.

Count by 4948 Patterns
We organized the Skip Counting by 4948s 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 4948, but don't have the Counting by 4948s Chart above. Obviously, one pattern with counting by 4948s is that the number increases by 4948.

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 4948 goes 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and so on for as long as you count by 4948.

Why Count by 4948?
We think that understanding and learning about skip counting by 4948 is important, because it teaches you how the arithmetic operations fit together. Below are some examples of what we mean.

When you count by four thousand nine hundred forty-eight, you are also creating a list of multiples of 4948 that you can use in math when you need the least common multiple. 4948 times n equals the nth multiple or skip count of 4948.

When you skip count by 4948, you are also creating a list of numbers that 4948 is divisible by. On top of that, skip counting by 4948 is the same as making the 4948 times table.

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