This is called repeated addition. You add the same number lots of times. This can also be written as a multiplication calculation. There are five equal groups of two. The five represents the number of ...
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The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...