Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3120

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 3120, you could start at 3120, and keep adding 3120 over and over: 3120, 6240, 9360, 12480, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3120. 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 3120, you could just multiply 3120 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 3120? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3120 are: 3120, 6240, 9360, 12480, 15600, 18720, 21840, 24960, 28080 and 31200.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3120. You could choose any number to multiply by 3120 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 634 - The first five multiples of 634 are 634, 1268, 1902, 2536, 3170

Multiples of 315 - The first five multiples of 315 are 315, 630, 945, 1260, 1575

Multiples of 596 - The first five multiples of 596 are 596, 1192, 1788, 2384, 2980

Multiples of 531 - The first five multiples of 531 are 531, 1062, 1593, 2124, 2655

Multiples of 231 - The first five multiples of 231 are 231, 462, 693, 924, 1155