Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 2972

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 2972, you could start at 2972, and keep adding 2972 over and over: 2972, 5944, 8916, 11888, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 2972. 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 2972, you could just multiply 2972 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 2972? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 2972 are: 2972, 5944, 8916, 11888, 14860, 17832, 20804, 23776, 26748 and 29720.

There are an endless number of multiples of 2972. You could choose any number to multiply by 2972 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 435 - The first five multiples of 435 are 435, 870, 1305, 1740, 2175

Multiples of 366 - The first five multiples of 366 are 366, 732, 1098, 1464, 1830

Multiples of 42 - The first five multiples of 42 are 42, 84, 126, 168, 210

Multiples of 933 - The first five multiples of 933 are 933, 1866, 2799, 3732, 4665

Multiples of 610 - The first five multiples of 610 are 610, 1220, 1830, 2440, 3050