Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 245

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 245, you could just multiply 245 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 245, start at 245 and keep adding 245 over and over: 245, 490, 735, 980, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 245.

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 245 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 245 are: 245, 490, 735, 980, 980, 1470, 1715, 1960, 2205 and 2450.

• 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 700 - The first five multiples of 700 are 700, 1400, 2100, 2800, 3500

Multiples of 991 - The first five multiples of 991 are 991, 1982, 2973, 3964, 4955

Multiples of 918 - The first five multiples of 918 are 918, 1836, 2754, 3672, 4590

Multiples of 587 - The first five multiples of 587 are 587, 1174, 1761, 2348, 2935

Multiples of 133 - The first five multiples of 133 are 133, 266, 399, 532, 665