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How to tell the difference between multiplication and division word problems?

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Multiplication is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction and division. The result of a multiplication operation is called a product. And division is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, the ways that numbers are combined to make new numbers. The other operations are addition, subtraction, and multiplication

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multiplication word problems would usually have- by, product, times, triple, double, groups of

division word problems what are usually have- equal parts, divide, Half of, ratio, quotient, out of



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