Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 473

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 473, you could start at 473, and keep adding 473 over and over: 473, 946, 1419, 1892, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 473. 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 473, you could just multiply 473 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 473? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 473 are: 473, 946, 1419, 1892, 2365, 2838, 3311, 3784, 4257 and 4730.

There are an endless number of multiples of 473. You could choose any number to multiply by 473 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 5 - The first five multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

Multiples of 855 - The first five multiples of 855 are 855, 1710, 2565, 3420, 4275

Multiples of 70 - The first five multiples of 70 are 70, 140, 210, 280, 350

Multiples of 312 - The first five multiples of 312 are 312, 624, 936, 1248, 1560

Multiples of 838 - The first five multiples of 838 are 838, 1676, 2514, 3352, 4190