Multiplication as scaling, step by step
Is 3/4 × 20 more than 20, less than 20, or the same?
The question
2 × 12 is ___ 12
Bigger or smaller?
2?1
2>1
2×12>12
2 × 12ismore than12
- Do not work it out. The only thing that decides the answer is how the factor compares with 1.
- 2 is more than 1.
- Multiplying by something bigger than 1 stretches a number.
- So 2 × 12 is more than 12.
How it works.
- 01
Do not work it out. The only thing that decides the answer is how the factor compares with 1.
- 02
2 is more than 1.
- 03
Multiplying by something bigger than 1 stretches a number.
- 04
So 2 × 12 is more than 12.