--- # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # - type: generator # ref: multiplication-table # script: multiplication-table.py # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - type: checkbox ref: multiplication title: Multiplication text: | Which of the following multiplications have the result $12$? options: - $6\times 2$ - $2\times 6$ - $3\times 4$ - $12\times 0$ correct: [1, 1, 1, 0] solution: | Multiplying by zero is always zero. The others are correct. # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # - type: checkbox # ref: multiplication-properties # title: Multiplication Properties # text: Which properties does the multiplication have? # options: # # right # - 'Existence of an identity element: $1 x = x$.' # - 'Associative property: $(x y) z = x (y z)$.' # - 'Commutative property: $x y = y x$.' # - 'Existence of an absorbing element: $0 x = 0$.' # # wrong # - 'Inverse property: all numbers have an inverse $1/x$ such that # $x(1/x)=1$.' # correct: [1, 1, 1, 1, 0] # solution: | # Not all numbers have an inverse: *zero* does not have an inverse. # The other properties are true.