Multiples of 85

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 85, you could just multiply 85 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 85, start at 85 and keep adding 85 over and over: 85, 170, 255, 340, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 85.

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 85 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 85 are: 85, 170, 255, 340, 340, 510, 595, 680, 765 and 850.

• 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 866 - The first five multiples of 866 are 866, 1732, 2598, 3464, 4330

Multiples of 962 - The first five multiples of 962 are 962, 1924, 2886, 3848, 4810

Multiples of 910 - The first five multiples of 910 are 910, 1820, 2730, 3640, 4550

Multiples of 12 - The first five multiples of 12 are 12, 24, 36, 48, 60

Multiples of 279 - The first five multiples of 279 are 279, 558, 837, 1116, 1395