Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 968

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 968, you could start at 968, and keep adding 968 over and over: 968, 1936, 2904, 3872, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 968. 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 968, you could just multiply 968 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 968? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 968 are: 968, 1936, 2904, 3872, 4840, 5808, 6776, 7744, 8712 and 9680.

There are an endless number of multiples of 968. You could choose any number to multiply by 968 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 259 - The first five multiples of 259 are 259, 518, 777, 1036, 1295

Multiples of 191 - The first five multiples of 191 are 191, 382, 573, 764, 955

Multiples of 952 - The first five multiples of 952 are 952, 1904, 2856, 3808, 4760

Multiples of 714 - The first five multiples of 714 are 714, 1428, 2142, 2856, 3570

Multiples of 1000 - The first five multiples of 1000 are 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000