Count by 5560 (Skip Counting by 5560s)

Count by 5560

Here we will show you how to count by 5560, discuss counting by 5560 patterns, and tell you why knowing how to count by 5560 matters. To start off, note that Count by 5560 means counting in 5560s, or count by five thousand five hundred sixties, and it is also called skip counting by 5560.

How to count by 5560
Normally, we would count by 1 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., but when we count by 5560, we count 5560, 11120, 16680, 22240, and so on.

In other words, to count in intervals of 5560 or skip counting by 5560, we start with 5560 and then add 5560 to get the next number, and then continue adding 5560 to the previous number to keep counting by 5560, like this:

5560
5560 + 5560 = 11120
11120 + 5560 = 16680
16680 + 5560 = 22240
22240 + 5560 = 27800
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You can of course skip count by 5560 forever, so it is impossible to make a list of all numbers, but below is a Count by 5560 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 5560, the second column has the next ten numbers you get when you skip count by 5560, and so forth.

Count by 5560 Patterns
We organized the Skip Counting by 5560s 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 5560, but don't have the Counting by 5560s Chart above. Obviously, one pattern with counting by 5560s is that the number increases by 5560.

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 1 over and over. The pattern of the last digit when you count by 5560 goes 0 and 0 and so on for as long as you count by 5560.

Why Count by 5560?
We think that understanding and learning about skip counting by 5560 is important, because it teaches you how the arithmetic operations fit together. Below are some examples of what we mean.

When you count by five thousand five hundred sixty, you are also creating a list of multiples of 5560 that you can use in math when you need the least common multiple. 5560 times n equals the nth multiple or skip count of 5560.

When you skip count by 5560, you are also creating a list of numbers that 5560 is divisible by. On top of that, skip counting by 5560 is the same as making the 5560 times table.

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