multiplication

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If you correctly answered 30 multiplication questions in 60 seconds, you received a calendar as a prize, and were then excused from any future exams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

In a blog post, Schwarcz explained that the Toxin-Free Future scientists miscalculated the lower end of what the EPA considered a health risk through a multiplication error.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

Then, an array of programmable beamsplitters, which was demonstrated in the 2017 paper, performs matrix multiplication on those inputs.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

It was her job to make sure no one got out of fourth grade without lightning-fast multiplication skills.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead