The operation of combining two numbers to give a third number, the product. Example: 12 x 3 = 36 is a multiplication. Multiplication can be seen as the process of repeated addition.
Example: 3 x 5 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15.
Multiplication is the inverse operation of division, and it follows that 7 ÷ 5 × 5 = 7.