Multiples of 979

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 979, you could just multiply 979 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 979, start at 979 and keep adding 979 over and over: 979, 1958, 2937, 3916, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 979.

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 979 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 979 are: 979, 1958, 2937, 3916, 3916, 5874, 6853, 7832, 8811 and 9790.

• 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 722 - The first five multiples of 722 are 722, 1444, 2166, 2888, 3610

Multiples of 241 - The first five multiples of 241 are 241, 482, 723, 964, 1205

Multiples of 638 - The first five multiples of 638 are 638, 1276, 1914, 2552, 3190

Multiples of 389 - The first five multiples of 389 are 389, 778, 1167, 1556, 1945

Multiples of 304 - The first five multiples of 304 are 304, 608, 912, 1216, 1520