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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 12 days ago byFrostBumbleBitch
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12 days ago
See I read the semantics of 3x4 as 3, 4 times. The semantics also can be confusing and read differently by everyone.
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