2. Key Terms Multiplier: the number or numbers being multiplied Product: the answer Multiplication Signs: x * ∙ Example: 2 x 3 = 6 2 and 3 are bothmultipliers and 6 is the product
3. What is Multiplication? Multiplication is nothing but a shortcut for addition! An equation that tells us how many times to add a number with itself
4. Example #1 What is 5 x 2 ? This equation is telling us to add 5with itselftwo times 5 + 5 = 10 So 5 x 2 = 10
5. 5 x 2 is the same problem as 2 x 5 We would now be adding 2 with itself 5 times!