Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 248

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 248, you could just multiply 248 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 248, start at 248 and keep adding 248 over and over: 248, 496, 744, 992, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 248.

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 248 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 248 are: 248, 496, 744, 992, 992, 1488, 1736, 1984, 2232 and 2480.

• 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 462 - The first five multiples of 462 are 462, 924, 1386, 1848, 2310

Multiples of 684 - The first five multiples of 684 are 684, 1368, 2052, 2736, 3420

Multiples of 162 - The first five multiples of 162 are 162, 324, 486, 648, 810

Multiples of 43 - The first five multiples of 43 are 43, 86, 129, 172, 215

Multiples of 633 - The first five multiples of 633 are 633, 1266, 1899, 2532, 3165