cross-multiply

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cross-mul·ti·ply

(krôs′mŭl′tə-plī′, krŏs′-)
intr.v. cross-mul·ti·plied, cross-mul·ti·ply·ing, cross-mul·ti·plies
To multiply the numerator of one of a pair of fractions by the denominator of the other.

cross multiplication n.
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cross-multiply


Past participle: cross-multiplied
Gerund: cross-multiplying

Imperative
cross-multiply
cross-multiply
Present
I cross-multiply
you cross-multiply
he/she/it cross-multiplies
we cross-multiply
you cross-multiply
they cross-multiply
Preterite
I cross-multiplied
you cross-multiplied
he/she/it cross-multiplied
we cross-multiplied
you cross-multiplied
they cross-multiplied
Present Continuous
I am cross-multiplying
you are cross-multiplying
he/she/it is cross-multiplying
we are cross-multiplying
you are cross-multiplying
they are cross-multiplying
Present Perfect
I have cross-multiplied
you have cross-multiplied
he/she/it has cross-multiplied
we have cross-multiplied
you have cross-multiplied
they have cross-multiplied
Past Continuous
I was cross-multiplying
you were cross-multiplying
he/she/it was cross-multiplying
we were cross-multiplying
you were cross-multiplying
they were cross-multiplying
Past Perfect
I had cross-multiplied
you had cross-multiplied
he/she/it had cross-multiplied
we had cross-multiplied
you had cross-multiplied
they had cross-multiplied
Future
I will cross-multiply
you will cross-multiply
he/she/it will cross-multiply
we will cross-multiply
you will cross-multiply
they will cross-multiply
Future Perfect
I will have cross-multiplied
you will have cross-multiplied
he/she/it will have cross-multiplied
we will have cross-multiplied
you will have cross-multiplied
they will have cross-multiplied
Future Continuous
I will be cross-multiplying
you will be cross-multiplying
he/she/it will be cross-multiplying
we will be cross-multiplying
you will be cross-multiplying
they will be cross-multiplying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cross-multiplying
you have been cross-multiplying
he/she/it has been cross-multiplying
we have been cross-multiplying
you have been cross-multiplying
they have been cross-multiplying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cross-multiplying
you will have been cross-multiplying
he/she/it will have been cross-multiplying
we will have been cross-multiplying
you will have been cross-multiplying
they will have been cross-multiplying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cross-multiplying
you had been cross-multiplying
he/she/it had been cross-multiplying
we had been cross-multiplying
you had been cross-multiplying
they had been cross-multiplying
Conditional
I would cross-multiply
you would cross-multiply
he/she/it would cross-multiply
we would cross-multiply
you would cross-multiply
they would cross-multiply
Past Conditional
I would have cross-multiplied
you would have cross-multiplied
he/she/it would have cross-multiplied
we would have cross-multiplied
you would have cross-multiplied
they would have cross-multiplied
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Translations

cross-multiply

[ˌkrɒsˈmʌltɪplaɪ] vt (Math) → fare una moltiplicazione incrociata di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive
Students are often taught to cross-multiply and solve the equation.
Ratios with different numbers can be equivalent if you can cross-multiply the ratio.
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