L2 · Multiples: The First Five Multiples

Learning goal

“I can write the first five multiples of a number within 100 by skip-counting (1 x n, 2 x n, 3 x n, 4 x n, 5 x n), and I know the two-way link: a number is a multiple of each of its factors.”

Multiple — the answer you land on when you count by a number: 4, 8, 12, 16... are multiples of 4.

Skip-counting — counting by the same jump each time: 4, 8, 12, 16 is skip-counting by 4s.

Product — the result of a multiplication. In 3 x 4 = 12, the product is 12 - and 12 is the third multiple of 4.

Worked example

Find the first five multiples of 4. Skip-count by 4s and write the multiplication beside each landing: 1 x 4 = 4 (first multiple), 2 x 4 = 8 (second), 3 x 4 = 12 (third), 4 x 4 = 16 (fourth), 5 x 4 = 20 (fifth). The first five multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. Say it plainly: the multiples of a number are just its times table read in order. The first multiple is the number itself (1 x n) - multiples start AT the number, not after it.

Check yourself — explain it

The third multiple of 4 is 12 because...

Paired problem — example still visible

First five multiples of 6. -> 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 (1 x 6 through 5 x 6).

Faded completion — last step is yours

"Multiples of 7: 7, ___, 21, ___, 35. The missing landings are the 2nd and 4th multiples." -> 14 (2 x 7), 28 (4 x 7)

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