I can memorize but I find it much easier to understand....
Can someone please explain why zero is a multiple of all numbers and yet it is the only number that does not have an infinite set of multiples...
Also, why is one not a multiple of all numbers
Thank you!
Lenny
multiples.....zero and one?
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- Neo2000
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A "multiple" of a number(integer) is defined as the product of a quantity with that number.
For e.g. Lets take 9
Multiples of 9 =
9x1 = 9
9x2 = 18
9x45 = 405
All the numbers on the right hand side are called Multiples of 9
Finally 9x 0 = 0
So 0 will be a multiple of all numbers
As we always consider Integers for multiples, 1 will never be a multiple of any other number except itself.
For e.g. Lets take 9
Multiples of 9 =
9x1 = 9
9x2 = 18
9x45 = 405
All the numbers on the right hand side are called Multiples of 9
Finally 9x 0 = 0
So 0 will be a multiple of all numbers
As we always consider Integers for multiples, 1 will never be a multiple of any other number except itself.