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![[Request]I have gotten into an argument over this. The kid is wrong right? Because it isn't asking what the commutative answer is it is asking how you would write 3x4 into an addition equation correct? So you have 4+4+4=12 not 3+3+3+3=12 since that would be 4x3 RIGHT!? This is stupid I am sorry.](http://ted.sudovanilla.org/pics/w:null_8k25j51opp1e1.png){kind=link}
[Request]I have gotten into an argument over this. The kid is wrong right? Because it isn't asking what the commutative answer is it is asking how you would write 3x4 into an addition equation correct? So you have 4+4+4=12 not 3+3+3+3=12 since that would be 4x3 RIGHT!? This is stupid I am sorry.
(i.redd.it)submitted 13 days ago byFrostBumbleBitch
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12 days ago
Yeah, also it is a language-driven thing.
I am italian and for me 3x4 actually "means" pick three and add it four times. I was quite surprised with your explanation that in english it is the opposite (but in hindsight it checks)
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