Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3487

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 3487, you could just multiply 3487 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 3487, start at 3487 and keep adding 3487 over and over: 3487, 6974, 10461, 13948, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3487.

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 3487 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3487 are: 3487, 6974, 10461, 13948, 13948, 20922, 24409, 27896, 31383 and 34870.

• 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 767 - The first five multiples of 767 are 767, 1534, 2301, 3068, 3835

Multiples of 887 - The first five multiples of 887 are 887, 1774, 2661, 3548, 4435

Multiples of 395 - The first five multiples of 395 are 395, 790, 1185, 1580, 1975

Multiples of 555 - The first five multiples of 555 are 555, 1110, 1665, 2220, 2775

Multiples of 413 - The first five multiples of 413 are 413, 826, 1239, 1652, 2065