2006-11-14 14:48:00 · 3 answers · asked by Keith J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Multiplication is really just adding a lot of pairs.
Let's say that I was going to count hundreds of coins... I'd lose track somewhere down the way. So I might count in tens.
If I ended up with 13 groups of ten, that's the same as 13*10 = 130.
If you were in your classroom and you wanted to know how many students there were, you could count the number of students there are in a row and multiply that by how many rows there are.
6 students in 5 rows means 30 students!
2006-11-14 14:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by J G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
multiplication is simply adding many times.
2006-11-14 22:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by diburning 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THEY HAVE TO WITH MATH! (muahahaha!! *triumphant pose*)
2006-11-14 22:55:53 · answer #3 · answered by pls help 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋