Multiples of 987

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 987, you could just multiply 987 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 987, start at 987 and keep adding 987 over and over: 987, 1974, 2961, 3948, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 987.

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 987 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 987 are: 987, 1974, 2961, 3948, 3948, 5922, 6909, 7896, 8883 and 9870.

• 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 781 - The first five multiples of 781 are 781, 1562, 2343, 3124, 3905

Multiples of 51 - The first five multiples of 51 are 51, 102, 153, 204, 255

Multiples of 32 - The first five multiples of 32 are 32, 64, 96, 128, 160

Multiples of 538 - The first five multiples of 538 are 538, 1076, 1614, 2152, 2690

Multiples of 888 - The first five multiples of 888 are 888, 1776, 2664, 3552, 4440