Count by 5979 (Skip Counting by 5979s)

Count by 5979

Here we will show you how to count by 5979, discuss counting by 5979 patterns, and tell you why knowing how to count by 5979 matters. To start off, note that Count by 5979 means counting in 5979s, or count by five thousand nine hundred seventy-nines, and it is also called skip counting by 5979.

How to count by 5979
Normally, we would count by 1 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., but when we count by 5979, we count 5979, 11958, 17937, 23916, and so on.

In other words, to count in intervals of 5979 or skip counting by 5979, we start with 5979 and then add 5979 to get the next number, and then continue adding 5979 to the previous number to keep counting by 5979, like this:

5979
5979 + 5979 = 11958
11958 + 5979 = 17937
17937 + 5979 = 23916
23916 + 5979 = 29895
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You can of course skip count by 5979 forever, so it is impossible to make a list of all numbers, but below is a Count by 5979 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 5979, the second column has the next ten numbers you get when you skip count by 5979, and so forth.

Count by 5979 Patterns
We organized the Skip Counting by 5979s 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 5979, but don't have the Counting by 5979s Chart above. Obviously, one pattern with counting by 5979s is that the number increases by 5979.

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 10 over and over. The pattern of the last digit when you count by 5979 goes 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and so on for as long as you count by 5979.

Why Count by 5979?
We think that understanding and learning about skip counting by 5979 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 nine hundred seventy-nine, you are also creating a list of multiples of 5979 that you can use in math when you need the least common multiple. 5979 times n equals the nth multiple or skip count of 5979.

When you skip count by 5979, you are also creating a list of numbers that 5979 is divisible by. On top of that, skip counting by 5979 is the same as making the 5979 times table.

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