Math Tutor Explains: Multiples of 998

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 998, you could just multiply 998 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 998, start at 998 and keep adding 998 over and over: 998, 1996, 2994, 3992, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 998.

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 998 by multiplying:

So, the first 10 multiples of 998 are: 998, 1996, 2994, 3992, 3992, 5988, 6986, 7984, 8982 and 9980.

• 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 720 - The first five multiples of 720 are 720, 1440, 2160, 2880, 3600

Multiples of 875 - The first five multiples of 875 are 875, 1750, 2625, 3500, 4375

Multiples of 429 - The first five multiples of 429 are 429, 858, 1287, 1716, 2145

Multiples of 267 - The first five multiples of 267 are 267, 534, 801, 1068, 1335

Multiples of 814 - The first five multiples of 814 are 814, 1628, 2442, 3256, 4070