Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 787

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 787, you could start at 787, and keep adding 787 over and over: 787, 1574, 2361, 3148, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 787. 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 787, you could just multiply 787 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 787? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 787 are: 787, 1574, 2361, 3148, 3935, 4722, 5509, 6296, 7083 and 7870.

There are an endless number of multiples of 787. You could choose any number to multiply by 787 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 114 - The first five multiples of 114 are 114, 228, 342, 456, 570

Multiples of 833 - The first five multiples of 833 are 833, 1666, 2499, 3332, 4165

Multiples of 275 - The first five multiples of 275 are 275, 550, 825, 1100, 1375

Multiples of 592 - The first five multiples of 592 are 592, 1184, 1776, 2368, 2960

Multiples of 401 - The first five multiples of 401 are 401, 802, 1203, 1604, 2005