We all know our multiplication tables don't we!  Well ... sometimes not so well, but no matter.  With the slide rule we are able to multiply numbers quickly and easily.

Let's look at some important words first:

So if we had something like ...

11 x 12 = 132

then we could say that both 11 and 12 are factors of 132 because both 11 and 12 will divide into 132 evenly.

So we could say that 132 is the product
of 11 and 12.

So in our example above, we can say that
132 is a multiple of 12 or a multiple of 11.

Okay, let's have a look at some multiplication ...