Properties of Multiples

Ashok and his friends participated in a school quiz. The quiz had 3 rounds.

The winner of each round will be awarded with a set of three pens

Ashok came 1st in the first round of the quiz and he was given 3 pens.

Ashok answered correctly and he won the second round as well

Ashok was awarded 3 more pens. He has 6 pens in total now.

The third round started and Ashok was the only one answering correctly among his friends

Ashok won the third round and was awarded 3 more pens. He has 9 pens in total.

Now, lets represent the above winning data in mathematical terms.

Here 3, 6,9, ….so on are called the multiples of 3

Product of number $n$ multiplied by natural numbers are known as multiple of that number(n)

Examples of multiple of 5

Examples of multiple of 12

Properties of Multiples

Every multiple of a number is greater than or equal to that number.

The number of multiples of a given number is infinite.

Every number is a multiple of itself.

Revision

Every multiple of a number is greater than or equal to that number.

The number of multiples of a given number is infinite.

Every number is a multiple of itself.

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