Octo Leaps Worksheet
Multiplication Mastery The 8s Times Table
Skip Counting Focus
🐙 Octo Leaps: Skip Counting & Multiplying by 8
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The 8s Leap Track: +8 Every Jump!
Chant them out loud!
8
16
24
32
40
48
56
64
72
80
88
96
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The Secret Last-Digit Pattern: Look at the ones digit of every multiple: 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, then it repeats: 8, 6, 4, 2, 0! Every multiple of 8 is always an even number.
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Skip Count Stepping Stones: Fill in the Blanks
Forward: 8 → 16 →
→ 32 →
→ 48 → 56 →
→ 72 →
Backward: 80 → 72 →
→ 56 →
→ 40 → 32 →
→ 16 →
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The "Double-Double-Double" Trick!
Stuck on multiplying by 8? Since \(8 = 2 \times 2 \times 2\), you can simply double the number three times!
Example: 8 × 6 ① Double 6 = 12 ② Double 12 = 24 ③ Double 24 = 48! 🎉
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Octo Speed Sprint: Multiply by 8
Use your skip count track if you get stuck!
8 × 1 =
8 × 2 =
8 × 3 =
8 × 4 =
8 × 5 =
8 × 6 =
8 × 7 =
8 × 8 =
8 × 9 =
8 × 10 =
8 × 11 =
8 × 12 =
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Octo Leaps: Visual Maze & Problem Solving
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Coral Reef Maze: Color the Multiples of 8!
Shade each box that is a multiple of 8
Help Ollie the Octopus swim from START (8) to TREASURE (96) by coloring ONLY the stepping stones that are in the 8s family!
START 8
14
22
30
35
50
16
24
26
42
60
75
19
32
40
48
52
82
28
38
45
56
64
70
36
54
66
78
72
80
44
58
68
85
88
96 🏆
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Equal Groups & Repeated Addition
🐙 4 octopuses have 8 arms each.
Repeated Addition: 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 =
Equation: 4 × 8 =
arms
🕷️ 7 spiders have 8 legs each.
Skip count by 8s seven times:
Equation: 7 × 8 =
legs
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Word Problem Missions
A. Leo bought 6 packs of markers for his art project. Each pack has 8 markers. How many markers did Leo buy in total?
Show work or write equation:
Final Answer:
B. Maya is baking cookies. She arranges 8 chocolate cookies on each baking tray. If she bakes 9 full trays, how many cookies did she make?
Show work or write equation:
Final Answer:
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Riddle Challenge: "I am a multiple of 8 between 50 and 70. When you add my two digits together, the sum is 10. What number am I?"
Answer:
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