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I asked the students to write about how multiplication and division were alike and different.
When presented with simple multiplication or addition problems, I do them in my head.
Interferons appear to inhibit the multiplication of viruses within cells.
A pot of face cream is a haven for bacterial multiplication.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
add
add (something) up
addition sign
additive
arithmetical
deduction
half
halve
highest common factor
long division
power
quintuple
quotient
recursion
round something down
sextuple
square
subtraction sign
table
treble

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multiplication | American Dictionary

multiplication
noun[ U ]
us/ˌmʌl·tə·plɪˈkeɪ·ʃən/
mathematics
the process of multiplying numbers:
Emma’s learning multiplication (= how to multiply numbers) in school.

multiplication | Business English

multiplication
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/us
a large increase in number:
the multiplication of sthThe multiplication of TV channels has inevitably led to more fragmented viewing.
the mathematical process of adding one number to another a particular number of times:
You should be able to do simple multiplication in your head.
multiplication tables

Examples of multiplication

multiplication
Many useful functions can be recognised as representation changers; examples include compilers and arithmetic functions such as addition and multiplication.
However, the multiplication of different types of rural activities is simply the most easily observable aspect of the transition currently underway.
The multiplication in each of these two algebras as well as their action on a module always is denoted by a (for convolution).
This method of multiplication fully and naturally accounts for the very varying sizes of larvae found in the oyster.
On the other, she seeks that immediacy through the acknowledgement and multiplication of media.
Multiplication by a promoted constant becomes linear rather than quadratic in the number of output terms.
The categorically minded reader will recognise these axioms as the unit, multiplication and functoriality axioms for a monad.
An elaborated variant of structural multiplication is the use of shell companies.
Before the 1830s, consuls acquired distinctions by the multiplication of contacts outside of the setting of court ceremonies and public audiences.
The first order model (18) includes two multiplications or divisions and two subtractions.
The seemingly endless multiplication of voices crying for aid tends to blunt the compassion of an increasingly indifferent and cynical public in the developed world.
The key power multiplication element of the scheme is an opening switch generating the voltage of inductive origin.
The slow seed multiplication ratio of legumes limited market options and reinforced the need for long-term investment in seed multiplication.
These scores are negative logarithms of probabilities and therefore require addition as opposed to multiplication when two scores are combined.
They are designed to respond to the multiplication of regulators and their uneven development by coordinating implementation of regulation by member states.
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