Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 3977

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 3977, you could start at 3977, and keep adding 3977 over and over: 3977, 7954, 11931, 15908, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3977. 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 3977, you could just multiply 3977 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 3977? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 3977 are: 3977, 7954, 11931, 15908, 19885, 23862, 27839, 31816, 35793 and 39770.

There are an endless number of multiples of 3977. You could choose any number to multiply by 3977 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 319 - The first five multiples of 319 are 319, 638, 957, 1276, 1595

Multiples of 847 - The first five multiples of 847 are 847, 1694, 2541, 3388, 4235

Multiples of 642 - The first five multiples of 642 are 642, 1284, 1926, 2568, 3210

Multiples of 664 - The first five multiples of 664 are 664, 1328, 1992, 2656, 3320

Multiples of 336 - The first five multiples of 336 are 336, 672, 1008, 1344, 1680