Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3942

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 3942, you could start at 3942, and keep adding 3942 over and over: 3942, 7884, 11826, 15768, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3942. 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 3942, you could just multiply 3942 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 3942? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3942 are: 3942, 7884, 11826, 15768, 19710, 23652, 27594, 31536, 35478 and 39420.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3942. You could choose any number to multiply by 3942 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 440 - The first five multiples of 440 are 440, 880, 1320, 1760, 2200

Multiples of 431 - The first five multiples of 431 are 431, 862, 1293, 1724, 2155

Multiples of 311 - The first five multiples of 311 are 311, 622, 933, 1244, 1555

Multiples of 41 - The first five multiples of 41 are 41, 82, 123, 164, 205

Multiples of 40 - The first five multiples of 40 are 40, 80, 120, 160, 200