Practise identifying and continuing number patterns with our Skip Counting Pick & Click PowerPoint. This interactive resource helps students use skip counting strategies to recognise patterns and predict the next number - supporting early algebraic thinking and number fluency.

Each slide presents a number sequence with a missing value. Students identify the pattern, then click on the number they believe comes next. With built-in feedback and a clear format, this activity supports fluency in skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s and more.

Skip Counting Pick & Click PowerPoint is ideal for whole-class warm-ups, maths rotations or small group instruction focused on pattern recognition and number strategy practise.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Recognise and continue number patterns using skip counting
• ✅ Identify the rule in a number sequence
• ✅ Strengthen fluency and confidence in counting by 2s, 5s, 10s and other intervals

What’s Included:

• Interactive PowerPoint with 30 skip counting pattern slides
• Each slide includes a number sequence and three clickable answer options

Materials Needed:

• Interactive whiteboard or device capable of running PowerPoint
• Optional: small whiteboards to use for extra hands-on learning

How to Use:

1. Open the PowerPoint on your interactive whiteboard or device.
2. Display a number pattern and read the sequence aloud as a class.
3. Students identify the rule and click on the number they think comes next.
4. Click to reveal the correct answer and discuss the skip counting pattern.
5. Repeat with new slides to reinforce fluency and number strategy use.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a warm-up activity during your maths block
• 💡 Add to number rotations for pattern practise and consolidation
• 💡 Use with small groups to focus on specific skip counting intervals
• 💡 Pair with number lines or hundred charts for visual support
• 💡 Create extension tasks where students build their own skip counting problems

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use small whiteboards so students can record the full pattern before clicking
• 💛 Reinforce the language of counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and beyond
• 💛 Ask students to explain how they figured out the missing number

Skip Counting Pick & Click PowerPoint is a fun and flexible way to build fluency with number patterns - helping students develop critical thinking, number sense and confidence with counting strategies.