Multiplication has 5 syllables and the stress is on the fourth syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The children are learning the multiplication tables by heart. | |
| 2. | Vectors need not correspond to a physical quantity; anything can be a vector space as long as vector addition and scalar multiplication is defined. | |
| 3. | Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. | |
| 4. | I already know the whole multiplication table. | |
| 5. | One of my favorite sentences in the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" book is: "I could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don't take no stock in mathematics, anyway". | |
| 6. | I'm teaching the ants the multiplication table. | |
| 7. | Biology is the only science where multiplication is the same as division. | |
| 8. | The boy was frightened, and tried to say a prayer, but he could remember nothing but the multiplication table. | |
| 9. | Multiplication is commutative, division is not. | |
| 10. | Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction in wants. This alone can promote real happiness and contentment. |