Meaning of Multiplication and Division in Physics

[sophiecentaur]

A question that gets my mind going in ever decreasing circles is "what is it about three that allow it to be applied to so many quantities?" . There's a 'threeness' that is outside the physical world. We do our three times table but when we explain it to a child we talk about three apples and four boxes of three apples etc.

 

[jbriggs444]

A question that gets my mind going in ever decreasing circles is "what is it about three that allow it to be applied to so many quantities?" . There's a 'threeness' that is outside the physical world. We do our three times table but when we explain it to a child we talk about three apples and four boxes of three apples etc.

There are only four many numbers. One, two, three and many.

 

[hmmm27]

There are only four many numbers. One, two, three and many.

I haven't the reference material on hand, but isn't it "One, Two, Many, Lots" ?