Year 2 Representing counting in 2s, 5s and 10s as the 2, 5 and 10 times tables worksheet

“The 2 times table” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 maths unit “Representing counting in 2s, 5s and 10s as the 2, 5 and 10 times tables”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 14 to 15 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

The 2 times table

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can skip count in 2s and show the 2 times table as groups of 2.

A Look back3 min

1.
What is 10 more than 60?
2.
7 + 6 =
3.
38 83

B Watch me, then you4 min

Mia puts her socks into pairs. There are 4 pairs. How many socks is that?

Watch me

Skip count in 2s: 2, 4, 6, 8.

4 pairs make 8 socks.

So 4 × 2 = 8.

Now you

1.
Ola has 6 pairs of gloves. How many gloves?

C Your turn5 min

1.
3 pairs of socks is socks.
2.
5 pairs of socks is socks.
3.
7 pairs of socks is socks.
4.
9 pairs of socks is socks.

Say it out loud: What do you notice about the answers when you count the pairs in 2s?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “When I skip count in 2s, the number after 4 is 5.”

1.
Skip count in 2s from 0. What number comes after 4?

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Write every number from 1 to 20 that is in the 2 times table.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

The 2 times table · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 70

2. 13

3. <

B

1. 12

C

1. 6 If your child writes 3, they counted the pairs but not the socks inside them. Ask: how many socks in each pair?

2. 10

3. 14 If your child writes 7, they counted pairs, not socks. Point to one pair and say both socks out loud.

4. 18

D

1. 6 If your child writes 5, they counted in ones from 4. Ask them to jump to the next mark on the number line, which is 2 more.

E

1. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 If odd numbers appear in the list, ask your child to skip count in 2s from 0 and touch each number they land on.

Words to use

Say“Count the pairs first, then count on in twos to reach the total.”

Instead of“Count every sock one by one.”

After the sheet

Put 8 socks on the table, make them into 4 pairs, then skip count in 2s together.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

9 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Solving with the 2 times table(with a plan)
Next and previous twos(with a plan)
Swap the Factors, Same Answer(with a plan)
Counting in tens(with a plan)
Groups of ten(with a plan)
Next and previous tens(with a plan)
Counting in fives(with a plan)
Fives in different ways(with a plan)
Next and previous fives(with a plan)

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