Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 280

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 280, you could just multiply 280 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 280, start at 280 and keep adding 280 over and over: 280, 560, 840, 1120, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 280.

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 280 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 280 are: 280, 560, 840, 1120, 1120, 1680, 1960, 2240, 2520 and 2800.

• 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 901 - The first five multiples of 901 are 901, 1802, 2703, 3604, 4505

Multiples of 668 - The first five multiples of 668 are 668, 1336, 2004, 2672, 3340

Multiples of 803 - The first five multiples of 803 are 803, 1606, 2409, 3212, 4015

Multiples of 91 - The first five multiples of 91 are 91, 182, 273, 364, 455

Multiples of 16 - The first five multiples of 16 are 16, 32, 48, 64, 80