Multiplication is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction, and division. The result of a multiplication operation is called a
The Educated Monkey—a tin toy dated 1918, used as a multiplication "calculator". For example: set the monkey's feet to 4 and 9, and get the product—36—in its hands.
In mathematics, a multiplication table is a mathematical table used to define a multiplication operation for an algebraic system.
The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, Chinese Warring States era decimal multiplication table of 305 BC