Multiples of 48
Methods
Methods for Finding Multiples:
The most common way to find multiples is to use multiplication. Multiplication of whole numbers always results in multiples of the numbers being multiplied. To find the first few multiples of 48, you could just multiply 48 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 48, start at 48 and keep adding 48 over and over: 48, 96, 144, 192, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 48.
There are an endless number of multiples! You can keep using either of these methods to find as many multiples as you would like.
What are the Multiples of 48?
Let’s find the first 10 multiples of 48 by multiplying:
48
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1
=
48
48 * 1 = 48
48 ∗ 1 = 48
48
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2
=
96
48 * 2 = 96
48 ∗ 2 = 96
48
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3
=
144
48 * 3 = 144
48 ∗ 3 = 144
48
∗
4
=
192
48 * 4 = 192
48 ∗ 4 = 192
48
∗
5
=
240
48 * 5 = 240
48 ∗ 5 = 240
48
∗
6
=
288
48 * 6 = 288
48 ∗ 6 = 288
48
∗
7
=
336
48 * 7 = 336
48 ∗ 7 = 336
48
∗
8
=
384
48 * 8 = 384
48 ∗ 8 = 384
48
∗
9
=
432
48 * 9 = 432
48 ∗ 9 = 432
48
∗
10
=
480
48 * 10 = 480
48 ∗ 10 = 480
So, the first 10 multiples of 48 are: 48, 96, 144, 192, 192, 288, 336, 384, 432 and 480.
Interesting Facts about Multiples
• 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.
Find The Multiples of Other 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 558 - The first five multiples of 558 are 558, 1116, 1674, 2232, 2790
Multiples of 665 - The first five multiples of 665 are 665, 1330, 1995, 2660, 3325
Multiples of 356 - The first five multiples of 356 are 356, 712, 1068, 1424, 1780
Multiples of 838 - The first five multiples of 838 are 838, 1676, 2514, 3352, 4190
Multiples of 396 - The first five multiples of 396 are 396, 792, 1188, 1584, 1980