What is The Differences Between 5 x 2 and 2 x 5 ?

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First of all, we must know "The Basic Concept of Multiplication".

Multiplication means that you have a certain number of groups on the same size.
The best way to describe multiplication is to say that is a kind of compound addition.
Multiplying a number means adding that number to itself several times.

Let us begin with an example.

Example 1.1

Here we have five groups and each group has two elephants.

                5  x  2 is equal to 10

 

How many                         How many
  Groups                           in each group

       5                 x                      2

We can solve it by adding :

   2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10

 ( Five times two elephants is ten elephants )


How about  2 x 5 ? 

It's mean  that we have 2 groups and each group has five elephants.

How many                   How many                       We can solve it by adding
 Groups ?                  in each group ?

       2               x                  5                    =                  5 + 5 equals 10

( Two times five elephants is ten elephants )


 Based on the example 1.1

We know that  5 x 2  =  2 x 5 = 10 . (based on commutative properties)
But we must underline that the basic concept of multiplication is the difference ways.


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