Multiples of 988

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 988, you could just multiply 988 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 988, start at 988 and keep adding 988 over and over: 988, 1976, 2964, 3952, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 988.

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 988 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 988 are: 988, 1976, 2964, 3952, 3952, 5928, 6916, 7904, 8892 and 9880.

• 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 996 - The first five multiples of 996 are 996, 1992, 2988, 3984, 4980

Multiples of 598 - The first five multiples of 598 are 598, 1196, 1794, 2392, 2990

Multiples of 959 - The first five multiples of 959 are 959, 1918, 2877, 3836, 4795

Multiples of 711 - The first five multiples of 711 are 711, 1422, 2133, 2844, 3555

Multiples of 256 - The first five multiples of 256 are 256, 512, 768, 1024, 1280