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Multiplication 111

Multiplication as Repeated Addition

Look at these sets of pencils. Each set has four pencils.

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4 + 4 + 4 = 12

3 sets of 4 make 12. Fact-o-meter

When we add the same number again Instead of adding the same
and again, it is called repeated addition. number again and again, we

Repeated addition of the same number can multiply to find out the

is called multiplication. The sign of total number of pencils.

multiplication is ‘×’.

Thus, above example can also be written as 3 × 4 = 12.

We read it as 3 times 4 is 12 or 3 multiplied by 4 is 12.

The answer we get on multiplication is called the product.

Here, 12 is the product.

Look at the pictures and fill in the boxes. One has been done for you.

5 + 5 + 5 + 5

4 times 5 is 20 .

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times is .