Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3172

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 3172, you could just multiply 3172 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 3172, start at 3172 and keep adding 3172 over and over: 3172, 6344, 9516, 12688, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3172.

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 3172 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3172 are: 3172, 6344, 9516, 12688, 12688, 19032, 22204, 25376, 28548 and 31720.

• 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 932 - The first five multiples of 932 are 932, 1864, 2796, 3728, 4660

Multiples of 688 - The first five multiples of 688 are 688, 1376, 2064, 2752, 3440

Multiples of 770 - The first five multiples of 770 are 770, 1540, 2310, 3080, 3850

Multiples of 563 - The first five multiples of 563 are 563, 1126, 1689, 2252, 2815

Multiples of 505 - The first five multiples of 505 are 505, 1010, 1515, 2020, 2525