Hi,

Just a quick question....

Five times zero is zero. Right?

Why is this?

Why dosn't five times zero equal five?

Because if you think of it as you should always work from the left to the right hand side of a maths question you therefore start with a whole number which is five, then times that by zero, (which isn't a number) why are you still not left with that single whole number, five? Why does a whole number suddenly disappear into thin air?

I know i am wrong according to the 'maths books, teachers and everyone else in the world' but why is this so?

If someone could explain fully why this is, AND where that whole number disappears to, i would appreciate it.

Thanks Sam