Multiplication Definitions: Multiply, Multiplicand, Multiplier, And Product

Learn Multiplication Definitions By Example

A simple example will be used to explain these definitions. Let's answer the question with an example. Jimmie's uncle Joe gives him two bags of peaches. Each bag has three peaches. How many peaches in total are there?
Bag one has three peaches: Peach is an multiplication object
Bag two also has three peaches:
The total number of peaches is six: Peach is an multiplication object

How do we show this in integer multiplication math?

Visually: × =
Numerically: 3 × 2 = 6

As you can see, instead of adding three two times we used a short cut and called it multiplication.

Multiplication Definitions
Word	Definition
Multiply	To add repeatedly the same addend to get an answer. Above we added three peaches twice to get six. We also showed that multiplying three by two gives us the same answer.
Multiplication	The act of multiplying. The sign "×" indicates multiplication.
Multiplicand	The number to be multiplied. In the example above, number three is the multiplicand.
Multiplier	The number that is doing the multiplying. In the example above, number two is the multiplier.
Product	The result of multiplying two numbers together. In the example above, number six is the product.

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