Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 54

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 54, you could start at 54, and keep adding 54 over and over: 54, 108, 162, 216, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 54. 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 54, you could just multiply 54 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 54? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 54 are: 54, 108, 162, 216, 270, 324, 378, 432, 486 and 540.

There are an endless number of multiples of 54. You could choose any number to multiply by 54 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 491 - The first five multiples of 491 are 491, 982, 1473, 1964, 2455

Multiples of 100 - The first five multiples of 100 are 100, 200, 300, 400, 500

Multiples of 415 - The first five multiples of 415 are 415, 830, 1245, 1660, 2075

Multiples of 534 - The first five multiples of 534 are 534, 1068, 1602, 2136, 2670

Multiples of 739 - The first five multiples of 739 are 739, 1478, 2217, 2956, 3695