Multiplication
Definition. Multiplication is signified by the multiplication sign (×) and is used when one number is multiplied by another. The word multiplication speaks for itself - some number is multiplied by a certain number of times, i.e. multiplied.
For example, writing 4 × 3 means that a four will be multiplied by a factor of three during the multiplication operation.
the multiplication of two numbers is equivalent to adding as many copies of one of them, the multiplicand, as the quantity of the other one, the multiplier. The result of a multiplication operation is called a product.
Multiplication is when you take one number and add it together a number of times.
For example, multiply the number 4 by 3.
4 × 3 = 12
In this example, 4 is the multiplier, 3 is the multiplier, and 12 is the product.
4 × 3 can be understood as "Take 4 and add it together three times". For example, if we have four candies and we add it together three times, we will have twelve candies:
In other words, multiplying 4 by 3 can be understood as the sum of 4 three times. It looks like this:
Multiplication is when you take one number and add it together a certain number of times. Suppose there are candies in a vase.
Let's take four candies once:
4 candies × 1 = 4 candies.
We will have four candies in our hands.
Let's try to take four candies 2 times:
4 candies × 2 = 8 candies.
We will have eight candies in our hands.
Let's try to take four candies zero times, that is, none:
4 × 0 = 0
We won't have any candy in our hands because we did never take it. Therefore, multiplying any number by zero gives a zero as the answer.
In some books, both numbers from multiplication can be referred to as factors. For example, 4 × 3, the multiplier is 4 and the multiplier is 3, but these two numbers can still be called the factors. It will not be a mistake.
In the future, we are going to multiply some pretty big numbers. But multiplying big numbers comes down to multiplying small numbers. So first we have to learn how to multiply small numbers.
Fortunately all of simple numbers are already multiplied and written in a special table, which is called the Multiplication table. If you live in Russia or in the former Soviet Union, you probably know this table by heart. If you don't, be sure to learn it!
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