Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 481

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 481, you could start at 481, and keep adding 481 over and over: 481, 962, 1443, 1924, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 481. 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 481, you could just multiply 481 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 481? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 481 are: 481, 962, 1443, 1924, 2405, 2886, 3367, 3848, 4329 and 4810.

There are an endless number of multiples of 481. You could choose any number to multiply by 481 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 954 - The first five multiples of 954 are 954, 1908, 2862, 3816, 4770

Multiples of 326 - The first five multiples of 326 are 326, 652, 978, 1304, 1630

Multiples of 419 - The first five multiples of 419 are 419, 838, 1257, 1676, 2095

Multiples of 447 - The first five multiples of 447 are 447, 894, 1341, 1788, 2235

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