Count by 8471 (Skip Counting by 8471s)

Count by 8471

Here we will show you how to count by 8471, discuss counting by 8471 patterns, and tell you why knowing how to count by 8471 matters. To start off, note that Count by 8471 means counting in 8471s, or count by eight thousand four hundred seventy-ones, and it is also called skip counting by 8471.

How to count by 8471
Normally, we would count by 1 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., but when we count by 8471, we count 8471, 16942, 25413, 33884, and so on.

In other words, to count in intervals of 8471 or skip counting by 8471, we start with 8471 and then add 8471 to get the next number, and then continue adding 8471 to the previous number to keep counting by 8471, like this:

8471
8471 + 8471 = 16942
16942 + 8471 = 25413
25413 + 8471 = 33884
33884 + 8471 = 42355
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You can of course skip count by 8471 forever, so it is impossible to make a list of all numbers, but below is a Count by 8471 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 8471, the second column has the next ten numbers you get when you skip count by 8471, and so forth.

Count by 8471 Patterns
We organized the Skip Counting by 8471s 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 8471, but don't have the Counting by 8471s Chart above. Obviously, one pattern with counting by 8471s is that the number increases by 8471.

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 8471 goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 and so on for as long as you count by 8471.

Why Count by 8471?
We think that understanding and learning about skip counting by 8471 is important, because it teaches you how the arithmetic operations fit together. Below are some examples of what we mean.

When you count by eight thousand four hundred seventy-one, you are also creating a list of multiples of 8471 that you can use in math when you need the least common multiple. 8471 times n equals the nth multiple or skip count of 8471.

When you skip count by 8471, you are also creating a list of numbers that 8471 is divisible by. On top of that, skip counting by 8471 is the same as making the 8471 times table.

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