What means the same as 3 + 3 + 3 + 3?

The number 3 is added 4 times: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3. Repeated addition can be written as multiplication, so this is 3 × 4, which equals 12. The choice “3 × 3” would mean adding 3 only 3 times.

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