Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 687

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 687, you could just multiply 687 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 687, start at 687 and keep adding 687 over and over: 687, 1374, 2061, 2748, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 687.

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 687 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 687 are: 687, 1374, 2061, 2748, 2748, 4122, 4809, 5496, 6183 and 6870.

• 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 106 - The first five multiples of 106 are 106, 212, 318, 424, 530

Multiples of 502 - The first five multiples of 502 are 502, 1004, 1506, 2008, 2510

Multiples of 878 - The first five multiples of 878 are 878, 1756, 2634, 3512, 4390

Multiples of 63 - The first five multiples of 63 are 63, 126, 189, 252, 315

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