Multiplication Terms

There are two terms which describe the three numbers in a multiplication problem. The factors are the numbers that are being multiplied together. The product is the result or answer of multiplying the multiplicand by the multiplier.

A multiplication problem may be written horizontally such as 6532 * 7 = 45724. In this example 6532 and 7 are the factors and 45724 is the product of the multiplication.

A multiplication problem may be written vertically.

 6532
    7
45724

The factors are 6532 and 7 and the product of the multiplication is 45724.







Multiplication Terms

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