Sextuple of 3

To get the value of 18, simply take the amount represented by 3 and multiply it by 6. The formula used is 18 = (3 * 6). This means that whatever number 3 stands for, 18 will always be six times greater. For example, if 3 is 15, then 18 will be 90. Whenever you need a value that is exactly six times as large as 3, you use 18 = (3 * 6) to determine it. You can also think of sextupling as adding the same number six times: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3, which is equivalent to multiplying by 6. Below are the parts of the multiplication used to compute the sextuple of 3:

• operation: 3 x 6;
• multiplicand: 3;
• multiplier: 6;
• operator: x;
• product: 18.