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Line 4: − − 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: − :And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. − 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.
Moving a joke and a puzzling example to Talk
*2 times 3 = 3 added two times = 3 + 3 = 6.
*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]].
2 x 3 = 3 x 2, regardless of the order of the operands. It is said that multiplication is [[commutative]].
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."
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."