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'''Multiplication''' is a mathematical operation. Multiplication of positive integers is the same as repeated addition. You multiply two numbers together; that is, multiplication is always performed on two ''operands.'' The result is a third number Multiplication is repeated addition. For example:
*3 times 2 = 2 added three times = 2 + 2 + 2 = 6.
This also works the other way:
*2 times 3 = 3 added two times = 3 + 3 = 6.
2 x 3 = 3 x 2, regardless of the order of the operands. It is said that multiplication is [[commutative]].
Multiplication is mentioned in the [[Bible]] when God tells [[Noah]] to go forth and [[multiplication|multiply]]. (Joke! Really that is a different kind of multiplication.) However, Noah did have to use multiplication when he made the [[ark]], because [[Genesis]] 6:15 says:
Multiplication is mentioned in the [[Bible]] when God tells [[Noah]] to go forth and [[multiplication|multiply]]. (Joke! Really that is a different kind of multiplication.) However, Noah did have to use multiplication when he made the [[ark]], because [[Genesis]] 6:15 says:
So Noah knew the [[ark]] had to be a volume of 300 times 50 times 30 is 450000 cubics<sup>3</sup>, to fit two of all the animals in the world in it.
So Noah knew the [[ark]] had to be a volume of 300 times 50 times 30 is 450000 cubics<sup>3</sup>, to fit two of all the animals in the world in it.
Multiplication is sometimes confusing because teachers use the letter x to mean multiply, but then sometimes x means like a number, as in Solve for x.
Multiplication is sometimes confusing because the symbol for multiplication is very similar to the letter x; but the letter x can also stand for a variable in algebra, as in "solve for x." In printed material, slightly different symbols are used for the letter x and the multiplication symbol ×.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Multiplication Property of Equality]]
*[[Multiplication Property of Equality]]
*[[Math]]
*[[Math]]