What Is Multiplication?

Multiplication, one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, gives the result of combing groups of equals sizes.

Here each group has 3 Ice creams, and there are two such groups. So, there are 2 times 3 or 3+3 or 6 ice creams in total.

"In other words, Multiplication is repeated addition of numbers."

Multiplication is represented by the sign cross "✖", Asterisk"*" or dot '.'.

When we multiply two numbers, the answer we get is called 'Product'. The number of objects in each group is called "Multiplication", and the number of such equal group is called "Multiplier".

For Example:-

3×7 = 7+7+7 = 21

5×6 = 6+6+6+6+6+6 = 30

Multiplication Using Number line:-

Representing a multiplication statement on a number line can be done by taking jumps the multiplier number of times of size equivalent to the multiplicand from zero.

For Example:- 

4*2 = 8 

Properties of Multiplication:-

• Commutative property:- When we multiply two numbers the order doesn't matter. For number 'a' and 'b'. 

                                 a×b= b×a

• Associative property:-  For a number a,b and c.

                     (a×b)×c = a×(b×c)

• Distributive property:-  For a number a,b and c.

                         a×(b+c) = (a×b) + (a×c)

What is Factor?

Multiplying two whole numbers gives a product. The numbers that we multiply are the factors of the product.

What is Multiple?

The basic definition of multiple is manifold. In math, the meaning of multiple is the product result of one number multiplied by another number.

Here, 56 is a multiple of the integer 7.

 

Here is another example of multiples:-

      

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 are multiples of 4.

1.  Multiplication is the second basic operation of arithmetic.
2. Multiplication also combines two numbers into a single number, the product.
3. The two original numbers are called the Multiplier and the Multiplicand, mostly both are simply called factors.
4. Multiplication is commutative and Associative; further, it is distributive over addition and subtraction.

Fun Fact:- 

•  If we multiply a number by 1, the product remains the same number. 1 is the identity element under multiplication.
• If we multiply a number by 0, the product is zero.
• 0 is a multiple of every number as the product of 0 multiplied by any number is 0.

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