Consider the question. Billy found it easy to divide 9, because 9 was a what of 3?
Options:
- multiply
- multiple
- unite
- multiplication
- multiple
 What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: multiple?
Multiple is a number that may be divided by another a certain number of times without a remainder. Billy found it easy to divide 9, because 9 was a multiple of 3.