340x5

340x5 is an arithmetic expression representing the product of the integers 340 and 5. It is read as "three hundred forty times five" or "three hundred forty multiplied by five." The evaluation of this expression yields 1700.

Calculation: 340 × 5 = 1700. A straightforward way to see this is to multiply 34 by 5 to get 170, then account for the trailing zero in 340 by multiplying by 10, which gives 1700. Equivalently, 340 × 5 can be viewed as (34 × 50) = 1700.

Properties: The result 1700 is an even number and a multiple of 10 and 100. Its prime factorization is 1700 = 2^2 × 5^2 × 17, since 1700 = 17 × 100 and 100 = 2^2 × 5^2. The number is also a composite number with several divisors, including 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, and 34, among others.

Context and usage: Expressions like 340x5 appear in a variety of practical and educational contexts. They are common in basic arithmetic instruction to illustrate multiplication, commutativity, and scaling. In practical applications, it can represent quantities such as a batch of 340 items priced at 5 units each, yielding a total cost of 1700 units. The notation "x" for multiplication is widely used in plain text, though typographically the symbol × is often preferred in formal writing.