Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3002

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 3002, you could start at 3002, and keep adding 3002 over and over: 3002, 6004, 9006, 12008, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3002. 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 3002, you could just multiply 3002 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 3002? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3002 are: 3002, 6004, 9006, 12008, 15010, 18012, 21014, 24016, 27018 and 30020.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3002. You could choose any number to multiply by 3002 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 660 - The first five multiples of 660 are 660, 1320, 1980, 2640, 3300

Multiples of 116 - The first five multiples of 116 are 116, 232, 348, 464, 580

Multiples of 335 - The first five multiples of 335 are 335, 670, 1005, 1340, 1675

Multiples of 123 - The first five multiples of 123 are 123, 246, 369, 492, 615

Multiples of 562 - The first five multiples of 562 are 562, 1124, 1686, 2248, 2810