Flexi Says:
Multiples of a number are the products you get when you multiply that number by the whole numbers. Essentially, they're what you would see in the multiplication table for that number.
Multiples of 72 are the results you get when you multiply 72 by each whole number.
There are infinitely many multiples of 72.
The smallest positive multiple is 72 itself (since 72 multiplied by 1 is 72), and the multiples increase by 72 each time.
The first 10 multiples of 72 are: 72, 144, 216, 288, 360, 432, 504, 576, 648 and 720.
Properties of Multiples
Multiples of a number have certain properties. Given below are the properties of multiples:
Property 1: Every number is a multiple of 1.
We know that 1 is a factor of every number.
∴ Every number is a multiple of 1.
Thus multiples of 1 are 1, 2, 3, 4, .... 100, 101, 102, ......
Property 2: Every multiple of a non-zero number is either greater than or equal to the given number.
All the multiples of 7 are 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, ...
Clearly, each of them is greater than or equal to 7.
Property 3: Every non-zero number is a multiple of itself.
We have @$$\begin{align*}5 & = 5 \times 1 \\19 & = 19 \times 1 \\23 & = 23 \times 1 \ \ \text{and so on}\end{align*}@$$
So, every number is the smallest multiple of itself.
Property 4: Every non-zero number has infinite multiples.
Multiples of 10 are 10, 20, 30, ......., 100, 110, ......., 1000, ....... 10000, .....
Clearly, 10 has infinite multiples.
So, every number has infinite multiples.
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