What is Multiplication?
Multiplication is a short way of adding equal numbers repeatedly. We use the sign asterisk ‘*’ or dot ‘·’ and cross ‘x’ for multiplication.
Take 3 groups of 2 balls each.
How many balls are there in all? clearly,6.
Thus, 2 taken 3 times makes 6.
We write it as 2 x 3 = 6
We say that 2 multiplied by 3 gives 6.
2 x 3 = 6 is a multiplication fact.