It's useful to be able count forwards and backwards in 5s. It's much quicker than counting in 1s. There is a pattern when counting in 5s that can be easily seen on a 100 square or number line ...

Skip counting is a useful skill if you need to count sets of objects, such as pairs of shoes, gloves, the wheels on a tricycle, or even money. Counting on in twos, threes, fives and tens is easy ...