Multiples of 120
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 120, you could just multiply 120 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 120, start at 120 and keep adding 120 over and over: 120, 240, 360, 480, and so on. Each of these numbers is a multiple of 120.
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 120?
Let’s find the first 10 multiples of 120 by multiplying:
120
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1
=
120
120 * 1 = 120
120 ∗ 1 = 120
120
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2
=
240
120 * 2 = 240
120 ∗ 2 = 240
120
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3
=
360
120 * 3 = 360
120 ∗ 3 = 360
120
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4
=
480
120 * 4 = 480
120 ∗ 4 = 480
120
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5
=
600
120 * 5 = 600
120 ∗ 5 = 600
120
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6
=
720
120 * 6 = 720
120 ∗ 6 = 720
120
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7
=
840
120 * 7 = 840
120 ∗ 7 = 840
120
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8
=
960
120 * 8 = 960
120 ∗ 8 = 960
120
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9
=
1080
120 * 9 = 1080
120 ∗ 9 = 1080
120
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10
=
1200
120 * 10 = 1200
120 ∗ 10 = 1200
So, the first 10 multiples of 120 are: 120, 240, 360, 480, 480, 720, 840, 960, 1080 and 1200.
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 229 - The first five multiples of 229 are 229, 458, 687, 916, 1145
Multiples of 417 - The first five multiples of 417 are 417, 834, 1251, 1668, 2085
Multiples of 713 - The first five multiples of 713 are 713, 1426, 2139, 2852, 3565
Multiples of 565 - The first five multiples of 565 are 565, 1130, 1695, 2260, 2825
Multiples of 69 - The first five multiples of 69 are 69, 138, 207, 276, 345