Multiplication is repeated addition. For example if you add 3+3+3, that equals 9. You are adding 3, 3 times, so it becomes the multiplication problem 3x3=9.
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The Latin verb addere, leading to the participle additio and thence addition.
The word addition comes from British Mathematician Ada Lovelace! Ada was the Enchantress of Numbers. Through her dedication and hard work the word "addition" came to be.
Aunt before Sally Addition before subtraction
to come up with the total
Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division(whichever come first from left to right*), Addition or Subtraction *