Eli5: How was multiplication/division discovered?

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I understand addition and subtraction and how civilization could utilize those (ex: I want 3 bananas, I am taking away 2 bananas, how many bananas are left, etc) but I’m struggling to find out why/how multiplication and division was discovered. TIA!

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There are many real world use cases for multiplication.2 people have 5 cows.

how many cows? 2 x 5…

For division.

Hunters came back with 2 deer, we need to divide the 2 deer for the entire village.

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