Count by 8515 (Skip Counting by 8515s)

Count by 8515

Here we will show you how to count by 8515, discuss counting by 8515 patterns, and tell you why knowing how to count by 8515 matters. To start off, note that Count by 8515 means counting in 8515s, or count by eight thousand five hundred fifteens, and it is also called skip counting by 8515.

How to count by 8515
Normally, we would count by 1 like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., but when we count by 8515, we count 8515, 17030, 25545, 34060, and so on.

In other words, to count in intervals of 8515 or skip counting by 8515, we start with 8515 and then add 8515 to get the next number, and then continue adding 8515 to the previous number to keep counting by 8515, like this:

8515
8515 + 8515 = 17030
17030 + 8515 = 25545
25545 + 8515 = 34060
34060 + 8515 = 42575
...

You can of course skip count by 8515 forever, so it is impossible to make a list of all numbers, but below is a Count by 8515 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 8515, the second column has the next ten numbers you get when you skip count by 8515, and so forth.

Count by 8515 Patterns
We organized the Skip Counting by 8515s 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 8515, but don't have the Counting by 8515s Chart above. Obviously, one pattern with counting by 8515s is that the number increases by 8515.

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 2 over and over. The pattern of the last digit when you count by 8515 goes 5, 0 and 5, 0 and so on for as long as you count by 8515.

Why Count by 8515?
We think that understanding and learning about skip counting by 8515 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 five hundred fifteen, you are also creating a list of multiples of 8515 that you can use in math when you need the least common multiple. 8515 times n equals the nth multiple or skip count of 8515.

When you skip count by 8515, you are also creating a list of numbers that 8515 is divisible by. On top of that, skip counting by 8515 is the same as making the 8515 times table.

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