multiplication

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Nominally about multiplication, the test was actually about how well you functioned under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

Operating at an impressive 12.5 GHz, OFE2 achieves a single matrix-vector multiplication in just 250.5 picoseconds -- the fastest known result for this type of optical computation.

From Science Daily • Oct. 28, 2025

In a blog post, Schwarcz explained that the Toxin-Free Future scientists miscalculated the lower end of what the EPA considered a health risk through a multiplication error.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

But maybe multiplication is as much a puzzle to Madge as slide positions are to me.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari