If you need skip counting by 4 worksheets that you can print right now, this page builds them for you — 20 fresh problems, an answer key underneath, and no account to create first. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is 32, 36, 40, □, □, which works out to 44, 48; another is 24, 28, 32, □, □, giving 36, 40.
‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.
Each row asks for two more terms — 44, 48 completes 32, 36, 40, □, □ — so the step has to be applied twice and the second one cannot be luck.
Skip counting also builds the number-line sense that makes rounding and estimation feel obvious rather than rule-bound.
Skip counting is multiplication before the word is introduced. A sequence like 32, 36, 40, □, □, continued correctly to 44, 48, is the times table arriving through the front door instead of by memorisation.
The pattern is what matters here, not the arithmetic. Children who can extend 24, 28, 32, □, □ without adding each step have internalised the step size, and that is the point at which the matching table becomes easy.
These skip counting by 4 worksheets are commonly aligned with the counting sequence and multiplication readiness expectations for this grade, and the skill appears in most curricula somewhere around this point.
| # | Problem | Answer | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32, 36, 40, □, □ | 44, 48 | Watch for: reversing direction |
| 2 | 24, 28, 32, □, □ | 36, 40 | Check: restarting the sequence from zero |
| 3 | 28, 32, 36, □, □ | 40, 44 | Look at: adding the wrong step after the first term |
| 4 | 8, 12, 16, □, □ | 20, 24 | Ask about: counting on by ones under their breath |
| 5 | 16, 20, 24, □, □ | 28, 32 | Watch for: losing the pattern across a hundred boundary |
| 6 | 20, 24, 28, □, □ | 32, 36 | Check: writing only one of the two missing terms |
The item 24, 28, 32, □, □ is worth doing slowly. The answer to 24, 28, 32, □, □ is 36, 40, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.
Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 32, 36, 40, □, □. Work 32, 36, 40, □, □ out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 44, 48 on the key before moving on.
Because the numbers are random, there is no shared answer list to look up: the key printed behind your sheet is the only one that fits it, and it shows 44, 48 for 32, 36, 40, □, □.
The key prints on its own page by default. Uncheck the answer-key box before printing if you would rather keep it back and mark the sheet yourself.
If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these skip counting by 4 worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.
Printing works the same on US Letter and A4, because the layout uses relative widths rather than fixed inches. Set margins to default and scaling to 100%, and all 20 problems fit.
Keep the finished skip counting by 4 worksheets in date order — the drop in time across ten sheets is the clearest progress report you will get.
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Free printable math worksheets from a working math academy director in Korea. Problems come from our own code, not from a published workbook. Every sheet prints on US Letter or A4 with its answer key. All worksheets · Worksheet generator · Korean site
Last updated: 2026-09-13