被ひ乗じょう数すう

noun

multiplicand

In multiplication, the number that is multiplied by the multiplier. Technical term used in arithmetic and algebra.

• 式しき「3 × 4」では、3 が被ひ乗じょう数すうです。

  In the expression '3 × 4', 3 is the multiplicand.

• 被ひ乗じょう数すうと乗じょう数すうを入いれ替かえても積せきは同おなじです。

  Even if you swap the multiplicand and the multiplier, the product is the same.