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# multiple

«multiple» in Mova's school dictionary: **what you get when you multiply it by a whole number** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (multiple, multiples); adjective (multiple)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A multiple of a number is what you get when you multiply it by a whole number. 6, 9 and 12 are multiples of 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#m1)

2) Multiple (adjective) means many: «multiple choice», «multiple times». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: numbers in a times table; «multiples of 5»; common multiples and the lowest common multiple; divisibility; multiple-choice questions. In everyday life: «multiple choice» tests, «multiple times». Phrases: «a multiple of», «common multiple», «lowest common multiple», «multiple choice».

### examples

- List the multiples of 4 below 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x1)
- Is 18 a multiple of 6? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x2)
- Find a common multiple of 2 and 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x3)
- The number is a multiple of 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x4)
- Multiples of 10 end in 0. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x5)
- 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x6)
- Choose the right answer in the multiple-choice quiz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x7)
- I've told you multiple times to tidy up! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/#x8)

### note

Do not mix up «multiple» and «factor»: 3 is a factor of 12, and 12 is a multiple of 3. Every number is a multiple of itself and of 1. Maths: points to multiplication and divisibility. Trap: multiples go on forever; factors are a short list.

### In the corpora

- [Two things that repeat meet again at the smallest number that is a multiple of both repeat times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/187-together-again-lcm/0/)
- [Check the multiples of the larger time one by one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/187-together-again-lcm/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «multiple» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multiple/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.