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Grew up in India. As the sibling commenter notes, this is likely an older British expression that has survived in Indian English. It's hard to remember now, bu
by quadrifoliate 3y ago
Grew up in India. As the sibling commenter notes, this is likely an older British expression that has survived in Indian English.
It's hard to remember now, but I think the way I thought about it when I was taught is that "3 × 4" is combining 3 and 4 into a larger number 12. The "3 ÷ 4" was not special, and "by" there was just an abbreviation of "divided by" like you say.
For what it's worth, I think times usually should work in Indian English as well, as in "3 times 4" for 3 × 4.
- z3phyr 3y agoWe usually say "three fours are twelve" Instead of "three times four is twelve"
- quadrifoliate 3y agoYep, that's true — but I think an oral question would be phrased as "What is three times four?", correct?
- z3phyr 3y agoYes, it could be phrased like the above, but from what I have experienced in day to day school life, people usually ask "What's three into four?" or even more likely an incomplete fill in the blank question "Three fours are?"