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Post by Guest Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:30 pm

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Post by swapna Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:47 pm

I wonder why most indians say "into" for "multiplied by" or "times." (when pronounced, it sounds like "intTto.") does anyone know how this "into" comes about?

americans use "into" to indicate division, as in "how many 2s go into 6?" which means "how much is 6 divided by 2?" or "how many 2s are there in 6?" this use of "into" seems logical and justifiable to me.

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:54 pm

Indians have some quaint and often bizarre math terminology.  This is just one of those things.

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/135127-into-division-or-multiplication
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Post by swapna Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:38 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:Indians have some quaint and often bizarre math terminology.  This is just one of those things.

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/135127-into-division-or-multiplication
in trying to make my indiabros seem less bizarre, here's the best justification I could think of for their saying "2 into  6" for "2 times 6":

"how many small objects will there be altogether if one were to cut (split apart) each of 2 (objects) into 6 (smaller objects)?"

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