Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 2588

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 2588, you could start at 2588, and keep adding 2588 over and over: 2588, 5176, 7764, 10352, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 2588. 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 2588, you could just multiply 2588 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 2588? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 2588 are: 2588, 5176, 7764, 10352, 12940, 15528, 18116, 20704, 23292 and 25880.

There are an endless number of multiples of 2588. You could choose any number to multiply by 2588 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 54 - The first five multiples of 54 are 54, 108, 162, 216, 270

Multiples of 41 - The first five multiples of 41 are 41, 82, 123, 164, 205

Multiples of 275 - The first five multiples of 275 are 275, 550, 825, 1100, 1375

Multiples of 724 - The first five multiples of 724 are 724, 1448, 2172, 2896, 3620

Multiples of 129 - The first five multiples of 129 are 129, 258, 387, 516, 645