multiplication error
Wrong product result
A multiplication error is a mistake made when multiplying numbers—getting the wrong product through miscalculation, misremembering times tables, or misaligning digits: The accountant's multiplication error threw off the entire budget.
The term appears in math education and anywhere numerical accuracy matters.
- miscalculationError in estimation
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- times tablesMemorized arithmetic products
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- productManufactured item for sale
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Mistake when combining numbers
division error · subtraction error · rounding error · transcription error · sign error
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