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Multiplication is related to many other kinds
of math -- it can be thought of as the opposite

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of division, or as the repeated addition of
a number. But if you want to think about it

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on its own, multiplication is just a way to
increase a number multiple -- or many -- times.

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A multiplication problem has four parts: The
number being multiplied is the factor. The

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number you will multiply the factor by is
the multiplier. You can tell because it's

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after the multiplication symbol, or times
sign, which means "multiplied by." The number

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you get when you multiply the fact and the
multiplier together is the product.

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If a cake recipe calls for 2 eggs per cake,
and you want to make 3 cakes, 2 is the factor,

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3 is the multiplier, and the number of eggs
you need to make 3 cakes -- 6 -- is the product.

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You can write this as "2 x 3 = 6"

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Let's multiply a larger number. Stack 12,
the factor, on top of 4, the multiplier. Like

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addition and subtraction, you do a multiplication
problem from right to left, so multiply 4

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and 2 in the ones place.

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If you don't know the product of two numbers,
you can check the multiplication table. It's

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a list of answers to simple multiplication
problems using the numbers 1 through 10. According

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to the table, the product of 4 and 2 is 8,
so put an 8 below the line in the ones place.

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Any number times one equals itself, so put
a 4 below the line in the tens place. The

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answer, or product, is 48.

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Those are the basics of multiplication. Until
you know the multiplication table, remember

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that you can always add a number multiple
times or use a calculator.