The two words are not the same part of speech. But they are similar in meaning.
The term multiplying means "greatly or rapidly increasing" (e.g. population, problems). So increasing could be used generally as an unspecific synonym.
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You normally multiply a number by another number
The word increased in a math problem means you are adding to terms or numbers.
The answer is the distributive property
Increased.
Another word is but