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Your problem just reinforces the notion that multiplication is repeated addition. "So we need 2 for him and 2 for her and 2 for him and 2 for him and 2 for her.
by cyborgx7 6y ago
Your problem just reinforces the notion that multiplication is repeated addition. "So we need 2 for him and 2 for her and 2 for him and 2 for him and 2 for her. 2+2+2+2+2 = 5 x 2 = 10"
- contravariant 6y agoI disagree, translating from "2 for (him + her + him + him + her)" to "2 for him + 2 for her + 2 for him + 2 for him + 2 for her" is using the distributive property of multiplication. The sentence "2 for him and 2 for her and 2 for him and 2 for him and 2 for her" is unnatural and not the way people generally think (unless they're just tallying up but then we're not even talking about multiplication anymore, a tally rarely consists of all equal numbers)