Multiplication does not exist in real life. It is a kind of magic: you cannot multiply four eggs by three eggs. What you can do is bring eggs from somewhere else. Any calculation that uses multiplication therefore does not exist in real life.
The universe was first formed in multiple dimensions and was then left for us. This does not mean that an invisible entity is hiding in the air. It means that the universe was created only after other dimensions—such as time—were established. Religion is about this idea. First, three-dimensional space was created (earth and heaven, below and above), and only afterward was the world left for us. The spatial dimensions therefore existed before life. This is also why Genesis can be seen as a coherent account of history.