Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3121

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 3121, you could just multiply 3121 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 3121, start at 3121 and keep adding 3121 over and over: 3121, 6242, 9363, 12484, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3121.

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 3121 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3121 are: 3121, 6242, 9363, 12484, 12484, 18726, 21847, 24968, 28089 and 31210.

• 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 31 - The first five multiples of 31 are 31, 62, 93, 124, 155

Multiples of 101 - The first five multiples of 101 are 101, 202, 303, 404, 505

Multiples of 417 - The first five multiples of 417 are 417, 834, 1251, 1668, 2085

Multiples of 87 - The first five multiples of 87 are 87, 174, 261, 348, 435

Multiples of 477 - The first five multiples of 477 are 477, 954, 1431, 1908, 2385