Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3542

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 3542, you could start at 3542, and keep adding 3542 over and over: 3542, 7084, 10626, 14168, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3542. 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 3542, you could just multiply 3542 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 3542? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3542 are: 3542, 7084, 10626, 14168, 17710, 21252, 24794, 28336, 31878 and 35420.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3542. You could choose any number to multiply by 3542 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 746 - The first five multiples of 746 are 746, 1492, 2238, 2984, 3730

Multiples of 829 - The first five multiples of 829 are 829, 1658, 2487, 3316, 4145

Multiples of 94 - The first five multiples of 94 are 94, 188, 282, 376, 470

Multiples of 872 - The first five multiples of 872 are 872, 1744, 2616, 3488, 4360

Multiples of 360 - The first five multiples of 360 are 360, 720, 1080, 1440, 1800