Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 131

For a beginner, a math tutor suggests that you can find the multiples of a number by skip-counting to the next number. For Instance, if you want to find the multiples of 131, you could start at 131, and keep adding 131 over and over: 131, 262, 393, 524, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 131. Typically, this works best only for smaller numbers, as adding larger numbers together over and over can be difficult.

Another way to do this is to use multiplication. To find the first few multiples of 131, you could just multiply 131 by each number in sequence, first multiplying by 1, then 2, then 3, and so on, which we will outline below.

So, what are the multiples of 131? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 131 are: 131, 262, 393, 524, 655, 786, 917, 1048, 1179 and 1310.

There are an endless number of multiples of 131. You could choose any number to multiply by 131 to find a new multiple!

• Every number is considered the smallest multiple of itself.

• A multiple of a number is very often also the multiple of another number. This is because if you multiply two numbers together, the result is a multiple of both numbers.

• All multiples of even numbers are even.

• The multiples of odd numbers, in sequence, alternate between odd and even numbers.

• You can also find the 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 169 - The first five multiples of 169 are 169, 338, 507, 676, 845

Multiples of 22 - The first five multiples of 22 are 22, 44, 66, 88, 110

Multiples of 386 - The first five multiples of 386 are 386, 772, 1158, 1544, 1930

Multiples of 3 - The first five multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15

Multiples of 230 - The first five multiples of 230 are 230, 460, 690, 920, 1150