Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 850

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 850, you could just multiply 850 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 850, start at 850 and keep adding 850 over and over: 850, 1700, 2550, 3400, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 850.

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 850 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 850 are: 850, 1700, 2550, 3400, 3400, 5100, 5950, 6800, 7650 and 8500.

• 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 349 - The first five multiples of 349 are 349, 698, 1047, 1396, 1745

Multiples of 593 - The first five multiples of 593 are 593, 1186, 1779, 2372, 2965

Multiples of 555 - The first five multiples of 555 are 555, 1110, 1665, 2220, 2775

Multiples of 248 - The first five multiples of 248 are 248, 496, 744, 992, 1240

Multiples of 285 - The first five multiples of 285 are 285, 570, 855, 1140, 1425