Count by 5678 (Skip Counting by 5678s)

Count by 5678

Here we will show you how to count by 5678, discuss counting by 5678 patterns, and tell you why knowing how to count by 5678 matters. To start off, note that Count by 5678 means counting in 5678s, or count by five thousand six hundred seventy-eights, and it is also called skip counting by 5678.

How to count by 5678
Normally, we would count by 1 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., but when we count by 5678, we count 5678, 11356, 17034, 22712, and so on.

In other words, to count in intervals of 5678 or skip counting by 5678, we start with 5678 and then add 5678 to get the next number, and then continue adding 5678 to the previous number to keep counting by 5678, like this:

5678
5678 + 5678 = 11356
11356 + 5678 = 17034
17034 + 5678 = 22712
22712 + 5678 = 28390
...

You can of course skip count by 5678 forever, so it is impossible to make a list of all numbers, but below is a Count by 5678 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 5678, the second column has the next ten numbers you get when you skip count by 5678, and so forth.

Count by 5678 Patterns
We organized the Skip Counting by 5678s 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 5678, but don't have the Counting by 5678s Chart above. Obviously, one pattern with counting by 5678s is that the number increases by 5678.

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 5678 goes 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and so on for as long as you count by 5678.

Why Count by 5678?
We think that understanding and learning about skip counting by 5678 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 six hundred seventy-eight, you are also creating a list of multiples of 5678 that you can use in math when you need the least common multiple. 5678 times n equals the nth multiple or skip count of 5678.

When you skip count by 5678, you are also creating a list of numbers that 5678 is divisible by. On top of that, skip counting by 5678 is the same as making the 5678 times table.

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