Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3218

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 3218, you could start at 3218, and keep adding 3218 over and over: 3218, 6436, 9654, 12872, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3218. 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 3218, you could just multiply 3218 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 3218? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3218 are: 3218, 6436, 9654, 12872, 16090, 19308, 22526, 25744, 28962 and 32180.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3218. You could choose any number to multiply by 3218 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 386 - The first five multiples of 386 are 386, 772, 1158, 1544, 1930

Multiples of 640 - The first five multiples of 640 are 640, 1280, 1920, 2560, 3200

Multiples of 930 - The first five multiples of 930 are 930, 1860, 2790, 3720, 4650

Multiples of 749 - The first five multiples of 749 are 749, 1498, 2247, 2996, 3745

Multiples of 844 - The first five multiples of 844 are 844, 1688, 2532, 3376, 4220