Multiples of 4987

The most common way to find multiples is to use multiplication. Multiplication of whole numbers always results in multiples of the numbers being multiplied. To find the first few multiples of 4987, you could just multiply 4987 by 1, then 2, then 3, and so on, until you have as many multiples as you would like. This is shown in the next section.

For younger students that don’t know how to multiply yet, the same result can be found just by counting, or skip-counting. To find multiples of any number, just add the number to itself multiple times. For instance, if you want to find the multiples of 4987, start at 4987 and keep adding 4987 over and over: 4987, 9974, 14961, 19948, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 4987.

There are an endless number of multiples! You can keep using either of these methods to find as many multiples as you would like.

Let’s find the first 10 multiples of 4987 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 4987 are: 4987, 9974, 14961, 19948, 19948, 29922, 34909, 39896, 44883 and 49870.

• The primary multiple of any number is itself.

• The result of any multiplication of whole numbers is a multiple of all the numbers being multiplied together. As such, every multiple is also a multiple of another number.

• Every multiple of even numbers will also be even.

• The successive multiples of odd numbers alternate between odd and even numbers.

• You can also find negative multiples of a number by multiplying by negative numbers.

Finding multiples of any number can be done using the same methods as outlined above. You can see how this can be done with specific numbers, like the ones below, by clicking on the any of the links below:

Multiples of 974 - The first five multiples of 974 are 974, 1948, 2922, 3896, 4870

Multiples of 956 - The first five multiples of 956 are 956, 1912, 2868, 3824, 4780

Multiples of 59 - The first five multiples of 59 are 59, 118, 177, 236, 295

Multiples of 385 - The first five multiples of 385 are 385, 770, 1155, 1540, 1925

Multiples of 857 - The first five multiples of 857 are 857, 1714, 2571, 3428, 4285