Multipilication is like a different form of addition(just please understand it isn't addition). When you multiply a number you are like adding all the numbers that are the same at once.
Example: 2+4+4=? -> can be solved easier(especially when using larger numbers) using multipilication.
How? Is what you are probably wondering about.
1. Add 4+4 together, for a sum of 8(sum is the word for total in addition)
2. line up the numbers like this:
2 -> in multipilication it doesn't matter what number comes first, it's all in what you like.
x 8
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16 -> to remember what the answers are count! The next book is all about multiples of numbers. And all will be explained there.
