Terminology

[Otis]

... 4 times a number [] multiplied by itself 2 times ...

\(\displaystyle 4*\Box * \Box\)

How would you show the number [] multiplied by itself once?

 

[Ishuda]

How would you show the number [] multiplied by itself once?

Interpretation?
(a) If you have a number x multiplied by itself two times, isn't that
x * x (1 time) * x ( 2 times ) so that
x multiplied by itself 1 time is x * x.

(b) But if you have a number x multiplied by itself two times means
x (1 time) * x (2 times)
or x multiplied by itself 1 time is x.

 

[Steven G]

How would you show the number [] multiplied by itself once?

Of course Ishuda is right (I'm just glad that it wasn't Denis who was right), 1*x is x multiplied by itself one time.

 

[Otis]

Of course Ishuda is right

1*x is x multiplied by itself one time

Let x = 2

Please show me how you multiply 2 by itself one time.