Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3901

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 3901, you could start at 3901, and keep adding 3901 over and over: 3901, 7802, 11703, 15604, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3901. 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 3901, you could just multiply 3901 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 3901? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3901 are: 3901, 7802, 11703, 15604, 19505, 23406, 27307, 31208, 35109 and 39010.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3901. You could choose any number to multiply by 3901 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 46 - The first five multiples of 46 are 46, 92, 138, 184, 230

Multiples of 234 - The first five multiples of 234 are 234, 468, 702, 936, 1170

Multiples of 739 - The first five multiples of 739 are 739, 1478, 2217, 2956, 3695

Multiples of 476 - The first five multiples of 476 are 476, 952, 1428, 1904, 2380

Multiples of 42 - The first five multiples of 42 are 42, 84, 126, 168, 210