We use multiplication everyday without realizing it.
Multiplication is used to determine the size or number of elements in many groups of equal size.
The relation between the repeated addition and multiplication methods clearly shows the necessity of mastering elementary addition before learning the 10 x 10 multiplication table. Multiplication is also used to determine the number of objects that are arranged in an array. An array is an arrangement of objects in a number of equal sized rows or columns. You can observe many arrays in a supermarket such as cans on the shelves. This may be interpreted as a 4x6 array with four rows and 6 cans in each row or as a 6x4 array with six columns and 4 cans in each column.