Multiplication
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In its most elementary form multiplication is repeated addition of whole numbers or integers.
- For example,
The result of a multiplication is the product. The numbers which are multiplied together are called factors.
Multiplication is a commutative operation in that A B = B Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \times} A.
- For example Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 3\times 2 } (spoken as "three times two") is the sum of 3 + 3 = 6.