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Multiply means to increase something, for example, 12 x 12 = 144If you multiply one number by another number, that is equivalent to a multiple addition process in which you add up as many of the multiplied number as stated by the multiplying number. So for example, with the letter x standing for multiplication, consider the problem 3 x 5. That is equivalent to 5 + 5 + 5 which equals 15. If the problem was written in the reverse order, as 5 x 3, it would be equivalent to 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 but it would still equal 15. If the problem was 4 x 6 it would be equivalent to 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 which equals 24.

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