Our math tutors suggest that to get started with multiples, the easiest way is just to add a number to itself over and over again. For instance, if you want to find the multiples of 3986 using this method, you could start at 3986, and keep adding 3986 over and over: 3986, 7972, 11958, 15944, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 3986. Usually, this method works with numbers that are easily added to itself. As you get into larger numbers, it can become difficult to continue adding.
Another way to do this, as discussed above, is to use choose any number and multiply it by 3986. To find the first few multiples of 3986, you could just multiply the 3986 by 1, then 2, then 3, and so on, until you have as many multiples as you would like.
There are an endless number of multiples! You can keep using either of these methods to find as many multiples as you would like.
