Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3879

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 3879, you could just multiply 3879 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 3879, start at 3879 and keep adding 3879 over and over: 3879, 7758, 11637, 15516, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3879.

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 3879 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3879 are: 3879, 7758, 11637, 15516, 15516, 23274, 27153, 31032, 34911 and 38790.

• 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 731 - The first five multiples of 731 are 731, 1462, 2193, 2924, 3655

Multiples of 531 - The first five multiples of 531 are 531, 1062, 1593, 2124, 2655

Multiples of 879 - The first five multiples of 879 are 879, 1758, 2637, 3516, 4395

Multiples of 385 - The first five multiples of 385 are 385, 770, 1155, 1540, 1925

Multiples of 942 - The first five multiples of 942 are 942, 1884, 2826, 3768, 4710