Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 2917

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 2917, you could start at 2917, and keep adding 2917 over and over: 2917, 5834, 8751, 11668, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 2917. 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 2917, you could just multiply 2917 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 2917? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 2917 are: 2917, 5834, 8751, 11668, 14585, 17502, 20419, 23336, 26253 and 29170.

There are an endless number of multiples of 2917. You could choose any number to multiply by 2917 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 33 - The first five multiples of 33 are 33, 66, 99, 132, 165

Multiples of 968 - The first five multiples of 968 are 968, 1936, 2904, 3872, 4840

Multiples of 58 - The first five multiples of 58 are 58, 116, 174, 232, 290

Multiples of 224 - The first five multiples of 224 are 224, 448, 672, 896, 1120

Multiples of 800 - The first five multiples of 800 are 800, 1600, 2400, 3200, 4000