Question

Johnny says multiplication always makes numbers bigger. Explain to Johnny why this isn’t true. Give more than one example to help him understand.

Answer 1

Explained

Explanation:

No, Multiplication does not always makes number bigger. When number is Multiplied by any number less than 1 the magnitude of the number decreases. Also any number multiplied by a negative number also reduces the number,

Example 5×2= 10 and 5×0.2= 1 clearly , 1<5

also, 5×(-2) = -10 which is also less than 5.