Yening angka-angka punika kapinehang magenah ring guwét asiki, perkalian sareng angka sané agengang saking 1, upaminyané x, pateh tekén mentangang samian saking 0 sinarengan, sakewéntenanyané ngantos angka 1 punika kabentangang nuju genah x magenah.
If the numbers are imagined as lying in a line, multiplication by a number greater than 1, say x, is the same as stretching everything away from 0 uniformly, in such a way that the number 1 itself is stretched to where x was.