"how many" merely means "find the number" - it does not indicate any particular operation. You would need to examine the question further to determine what to do.
Examples
If 25 cookies are divided equally among 5 children, how many cookies would each child get ? (divide to find how many,)
If Al has 6 boxes of cookies and each box contains 115 cookies, how many cookies does Al have, ( multiply to find how many.)
multiply and divide fractions!-.-
The dot means to multiply.
divide/division
It means multiply.
The product of two or more numbers means to multiply them.
multiply and divide fractions!-.-
Multiply by 1/2 or Divide by 2
The dot means to multiply.
divide/division
It means multiply.
No. Quotient does not mean multiply. When you divide two numbers, the result which comes is quotient.
every number does that
The product of two or more numbers means to multiply them.
No. It means to find the value of. That can mean multiply, add, subtract, divide or more complicated stuff.
divide by 2 (or multiply by 0.5)
"Of" means to multiply. For example, what is 40% of 20? 20*0.4 =8
You would divide miles by 5,280 to get feet OR multiply miles by 0.000189393939 to get feet.