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No. 0 is not a multiple of 3. The reason is the basic tenet that factors and multiples are a concept pertaining to natural numbers only.
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Is 0 a multiple of 3?
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0 is a multiple of every number and a factor of no number.
Many questions specifically reference "positive multiples", but if they don't then negative numbers can also be multiples.
For example, the set of all multiples of 5 is:
{... -15, -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, 15, ...}
By convention, if a question asks for the lowest common multiple of two numbers, the answer will be the lowest common positive multiple.
Many questions specifically reference "positive multiples", but if they don't then negative numbers can also be multiples.
For example, the set of all multiples of 5 is:
{... -15, -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, 15, ...}
By convention, if a question asks for the lowest common multiple of two numbers, the answer will be the lowest common positive multiple.
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I think we can re say it like thisStuart Kovinsky wrote:0 is a multiple of every number and a factor of no number.
Many questions specifically reference "positive multiples", but if they don't then negative numbers can also be multiples.
For example, the set of all multiples of 5 is:
{... -15, -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, 15, ...}
By convention, if a question asks for the lowest common multiple of two numbers, the answer will be the lowest common positive multiple.
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Zero is multiple of every number, But No Number is a multiple of Zero Other than Zero.
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