Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 538

The most common way to find multiples shared by a math tutor is to use multiplication. Multiplication of whole numbers always results in multiples of the numbers being multiplied. To find the first few multiples of 538, you could just multiply 538 by 1, then 2, then 3, and so on, until you have as many multiples as you would like. This is shown in the next section.

For younger students that don’t know how to multiply yet, the same result can be found just by counting, or skip-counting. To find multiples of any number, just add the number to itself multiple times. For instance, if you want to find the multiples of 538, start at 538 and keep adding 538 over and over: 538, 1076, 1614, 2152, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 538.

There are an endless number of multiples! You can keep using either of these methods to find as many multiples as you would like.

Let’s find the first 10 multiples of 538 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 538 are: 538, 1076, 1614, 2152, 2152, 3228, 3766, 4304, 4842 and 5380.

• The primary multiple of any number is itself.

• The result of any multiplication of whole numbers is a multiple of all the numbers being multiplied together. As such, every multiple is also a multiple of another number.

• Every multiple of even numbers will also be even.

• The successive multiples of odd numbers alternate between odd and even numbers.

• You can also find 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 986 - The first five multiples of 986 are 986, 1972, 2958, 3944, 4930

Multiples of 889 - The first five multiples of 889 are 889, 1778, 2667, 3556, 4445

Multiples of 184 - The first five multiples of 184 are 184, 368, 552, 736, 920

Multiples of 104 - The first five multiples of 104 are 104, 208, 312, 416, 520

Multiples of 231 - The first five multiples of 231 are 231, 462, 693, 924, 1155