Question

The positive multiples of a whole number were listed from least to greatest. If the third multiple was 42, the firth multiple is

Answer 1

Fifth multiple is 70.

Explanation:

Here multiple of a whole number listed from least to greatest.

1*? =?

2*?=?

3*?=42

Now, it would give us the whole number that we are finding it's multiple.

Divide both sides by 3

So, ?= 14

It means, we are finding multiple of 14.

So, the fifth multiple is 5*14 = 70