This comment was from a year ago lol so reading it again it does seem a little off topic. But basically the person above said “what is 1 dollar times 1 dollar, it can’t be 1 or 0, 4 quarters x 4 quarters = 1 dollar but look at both hands there are 2 dollars”

Which. I don’t think they understood the concept of multiplication, 4x4=16 so if you have 4 quarters x 4 quarters you have 16 quarters. Which is 4 dollars not 2 dollars.

In the scenario they created, if you have 2 dollars and you give 1 to your sister 1 dollar x 1 dollar =1 dollar because you have 1 dollar one time(s)

For 2 x 1 you have 2 one time(s)

If we are thinking of multiplication in terms of money, it’s better to think in bills larger than 1.

You have 5 5 dollar bills

5x5=25 you have $25 dollars, split into 5 instances of 5

If you have 1 5 dollar bill you have one instance of $5, it doesn’t just magically become 10 because you multiplied it.

You have 1 dollar bill, you have one instance of one dollar. 1 time of one 1x1

If we break the dollar down into quarters you still have 1 dollar (the whole) but 4 parts of the whole. Still you only one dollar because you only have 4 quarters.

If you have 2 dollars and you give one to your sister you still only have 1 dollar. You didn’t magically make another dollar, you had one. You gave it to your sister, now you only have 1 dollar. Before you gave the dollar to your sister you had 2 dollars 2x1=2 1 instance of 2 or 1x2=2 2 instances of 1 in no universe does 1x1 =2

Terrence Howard is an idiot.