multiplying

Example Sentences

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To distribute the funds, each child’s amount is calculated by multiplying the fund’s value by their share of units.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Cells that survive after gaining extra DNA may continue multiplying and potentially contribute to tumor recurrence.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

There’s nothing coincidental in the fact that military schools also rose up around then, and that they kept multiplying past the first world war and up to the second one.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

He arrived at the figure by multiplying the cost of an infrastructure asset by the share of its useful life that has passed, then adjusting for inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Thus, no matter what you do, multiplying a number by zero gives you zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife