How do u know that 5 is a multiple of 25?
It isn't. 5 is smaller than 25.
25 is a multiple of 5.
Is 25 a multiple of 5? How do u know?
Yes. I told you that.
I know because I learned the multiplication tables about 70 years ago.
How do you know?
To determine whether 5 is a multiple of 25, we need to check if 5 can be evenly divided by 25. We can do this by dividing 25 by 5 and seeing if the result is an integer.
So, let's divide 25 by 5:
25 ÷ 5 = 5
Since the result is 5, which is an integer, we can conclude that 5 is indeed a multiple of 25.
You can also verify this by multiplying 5 with any whole number. For example, if we multiply 5 by 5, we get 25, which confirms that 5 is a multiple of 25.