What is 5x 2 an example of?

Answer 1

There are many examples to give for the product of 5 and 2, which is 10.

One example is:

I want to give 5 apples to each of the couple [which is 2 people]. How many apples do I need, so each of two people has 5 apples?

Another example:

The length is 5 cm and the width is 2 cm. What is the dimension?

Including extra details for the question is a plus to make the question more specific.

Answer 2

Well, darling, 5 x 2 is an example of a simple multiplication problem. When you multiply 5 by 2, you get the answer 10. It's basic math, honey, nothing fancy about it.