Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 987

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 987, you could start at 987, and keep adding 987 over and over: 987, 1974, 2961, 3948, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 987. 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 987, you could just multiply 987 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 987? Let’s write it out using the multiplication method:

So, the first 10 multiples of 987 are: 987, 1974, 2961, 3948, 4935, 5922, 6909, 7896, 8883 and 9870.

There are an endless number of multiples of 987. You could choose any number to multiply by 987 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 555 - The first five multiples of 555 are 555, 1110, 1665, 2220, 2775

Multiples of 782 - The first five multiples of 782 are 782, 1564, 2346, 3128, 3910

Multiples of 442 - The first five multiples of 442 are 442, 884, 1326, 1768, 2210

Multiples of 766 - The first five multiples of 766 are 766, 1532, 2298, 3064, 3830

Multiples of 809 - The first five multiples of 809 are 809, 1618, 2427, 3236, 4045