My daughter is taking a second grade math class and they are learning to "skip count" I am guessing this means to count by [n]. The directions say "Start at 1. Skip count by 2." and the worksheet has a 10x10 grid where they are supposed to color in the numbers.
Maybe my comprehension skills are failing, and I'm probably over thinking this, but we both find "Start at 1" confusing. Do you think they mean (3,5,7...) or is this standard count by 2 (e.g. 2,4,6...)?
Who said there are no dumb questions?
They probably mean $1,3,5,7,\dots$. After all, if we said "start at $1$ and count to $5$," we would respond $1,2,3,4,5$. There is some ambiguity, of course, but I imagine that in a classroom setting a sample was provided. And it is not a dumb question.