Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 342

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 342, you could just multiply 342 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 342, start at 342 and keep adding 342 over and over: 342, 684, 1026, 1368, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 342.

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 342 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 342 are: 342, 684, 1026, 1368, 1368, 2052, 2394, 2736, 3078 and 3420.

• 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 777 - The first five multiples of 777 are 777, 1554, 2331, 3108, 3885

Multiples of 497 - The first five multiples of 497 are 497, 994, 1491, 1988, 2485

Multiples of 685 - The first five multiples of 685 are 685, 1370, 2055, 2740, 3425

Multiples of 860 - The first five multiples of 860 are 860, 1720, 2580, 3440, 4300

Multiples of 852 - The first five multiples of 852 are 852, 1704, 2556, 3408, 4260