Showing posts with label multiples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label multiples. Show all posts

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Explain Multiples

Let us study about multiples,
Multiples

Multiples of a number are found by multiplying that number by 1, by 2, by 3, by 4, by 5, etc.

Example 1: List the first seven multiples of 9.

9,18,27,36,45,54,63


Common multiples :

Common multiples are multiples that are the same for two or more numbers.

Example 2: What are the common multiples of 2 and 3?
Notice that common multiples may go on indefinitely.
Hope the above explanation helped you.