Multiplication is a shortcut to add up the same numbers. The result of its operation is called product, and "X" is the symbol of multiplication. From the philosophical point of view, multiplication is the result of qualitative change caused by additive quantity. The multiplication of integers (including negative numbers), rational numbers (fractions) and real numbers is a systematic summary of this basic definition.
Multiplication can also be seen as calculating the objects arranged in a rectangle (integer) or finding the area of a rectangle with a given side length. The area of the rectangle does not depend on which side is measured first, which shows the exchange property. The product of two measured values is a new type of measurement, for example, multiplying the length of two sides of a rectangle to get its area, which is the theme of size analysis.
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Primary school mathematics is to teach children a series of knowledge about number, four operations, the calculation formula of figure and length, unit conversion and so on through textbooks, which lays a good mathematical foundation for junior high school and daily life calculation. Frieden Noel, a Dutch educator, said: "Mathematics comes from reality and must be rooted in reality and applied to reality."
Modern mathematics requires us to observe the world from a mathematical perspective and explain the world in mathematical language. Judging from the mathematics learning psychology of primary school students, the learning process of students is not a passive absorption process, but a reconstruction process based on existing knowledge and experience. Therefore, learning while doing and learning while playing will make children learn more actively.
From our educational goal, while imparting knowledge, we should pay more attention to cultivating students' comprehensive ability of observation, analysis and application.
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