multiplication is related to many other
kinds of math it can be thought of as
the opposite of division or as the
repeated addition of a number but if you
want to think about it on its own
multiplication is just a way to increase
a number multiple or many times a
multiplication problem has four parts
the number being multiplied is the
factor the number you will multiply the
factor by is the multiplier
you can tell because it's after the
multiplication symbol or time sign which
means multiplied by the number you get
when you multiply the factor and the
multiplier together is the product if a
cake recipe calls for two eggs per cake
and you want to make three cakes two is
the factor three is the multiplier and
the number of eggs you need to make
three cakes six is the product you can
write this as 2 times 3 equals 6 let's
multiply a larger number stack 12 the
factor on top of four the multiplier
like addition and subtraction you do a
multiplication problem from right to
left so multiply four and two in the
ones place if you don't know the product
of two numbers you can check the
multiplication table it's a list of
answers to simple multiplication
problems using the numbers 1 through 10
according to the table the product of 4
& 2 is 8 so put an a below the line in
the ones place any number times 1 equals
itself so put a floor below the line in
the tens place the answer or product is
48 those are the basics of
multiplication until you know the
multiplication table remember that you
can always add a number multiple times
or use a calculator like what you just
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