noun
- a number that is to be multiplied by another number
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- In the equation 7 × 3 = 21, the number 7 is the multiplicand.
- When multiplying 15 by 4, fifteen is the multiplicand.
- The multiplicand appears first in a multiplication problem.
- Students learned to identify the multiplicand and multiplier in each equation.
- In 9 × 6, nine serves as the multiplicand.
- The teacher explained that the multiplicand is the number being multiplied.