Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 187

The most common way to find multiples shared by a math tutor is to use multiplication. Multiplication of whole numbers always results in multiples of the numbers being multiplied. To find the first few multiples of 187, you could just multiply 187 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 187, start at 187 and keep adding 187 over and over: 187, 374, 561, 748, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 187.

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 187 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 187 are: 187, 374, 561, 748, 748, 1122, 1309, 1496, 1683 and 1870.

• 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 147 - The first five multiples of 147 are 147, 294, 441, 588, 735

Multiples of 975 - The first five multiples of 975 are 975, 1950, 2925, 3900, 4875

Multiples of 89 - The first five multiples of 89 are 89, 178, 267, 356, 445

Multiples of 728 - The first five multiples of 728 are 728, 1456, 2184, 2912, 3640

Multiples of 506 - The first five multiples of 506 are 506, 1012, 1518, 2024, 2530