They used to be called the 'multiplicand' and the 'multiplier'. But the order has
no effect on the answer, and I think now they're both called simply 'factors'.
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The numbers being mutiplied together is a "factor."
A one digit multiplication problem is one in which the numerals being multiplied have only one digit. Examples would include: 6x2 or 5x3 or 7x4 or 1x8. (These are just a few examples. The list of all the possible one digit multiplication problems would be very long.) A two digit multiplication problem is one in which the numbers being multiplied have two digits. Examples would include: 12x43 or 16x21 or 75x23.
Numbers in a multiplication problem aren't added. In a multiplication sentence, the multiplicand times the multiplier equals the product.
multiplier the number that multiplies multiplicand the number to be multiplied product the answer in multiplication
The associative property. It works separately for addition and for multiplication.