Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 1988

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 1988, you could just multiply 1988 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 1988, start at 1988 and keep adding 1988 over and over: 1988, 3976, 5964, 7952, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 1988.

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 1988 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 1988 are: 1988, 3976, 5964, 7952, 7952, 11928, 13916, 15904, 17892 and 19880.

• 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 173 - The first five multiples of 173 are 173, 346, 519, 692, 865

Multiples of 642 - The first five multiples of 642 are 642, 1284, 1926, 2568, 3210

Multiples of 543 - The first five multiples of 543 are 543, 1086, 1629, 2172, 2715

Multiples of 566 - The first five multiples of 566 are 566, 1132, 1698, 2264, 2830

Multiples of 485 - The first five multiples of 485 are 485, 970, 1455, 1940, 2425