Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3242

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 3242, you could start at 3242, and keep adding 3242 over and over: 3242, 6484, 9726, 12968, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3242. 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 3242, you could just multiply 3242 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 3242? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3242 are: 3242, 6484, 9726, 12968, 16210, 19452, 22694, 25936, 29178 and 32420.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3242. You could choose any number to multiply by 3242 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 211 - The first five multiples of 211 are 211, 422, 633, 844, 1055

Multiples of 263 - The first five multiples of 263 are 263, 526, 789, 1052, 1315

Multiples of 646 - The first five multiples of 646 are 646, 1292, 1938, 2584, 3230

Multiples of 471 - The first five multiples of 471 are 471, 942, 1413, 1884, 2355

Multiples of 85 - The first five multiples of 85 are 85, 170, 255, 340, 425