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Should a negative number multiplied by a positive number have a negative answer?
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Is a positive number multiplied by a negative number a positive answer?
No No. Positive number multiplied by a negative number gives a negative number.
What do you do when you have a negative number to a negative exponent?
it would be a negative multiplied by a negative and your answer should end up positive.
What is a negative number multiplied by a negative number?
A negative number multiplied by another negative number equals a positive number. For example, -5 · -5 = positive 25.
When can the square of a negative number be negative?
This can never be. The square of any number will always be positive. Any positive number multiplied by another positive number will be positive, while any negative number multiplied by another negative number will be positive.
Negative number multiplied by a positive number?
Negative number.
Why does a positive number multiplied by a negative number gives you a positive answer?
It should not.
Is a positive number multiplied by a negative number a positive answer?
No No. Positive number multiplied by a negative number gives a negative number.
What do you do when you have a negative number to a negative exponent?
it would be a negative multiplied by a negative and your answer should end up positive.
What is a negative number multiplied by a negative number?
A negative number multiplied by another negative number equals a positive number. For example, -5 · -5 = positive 25.
When can the square of a negative number be negative?
This can never be. The square of any number will always be positive. Any positive number multiplied by another positive number will be positive, while any negative number multiplied by another negative number will be positive.
What is a negative number multiplied by a positive number?
a negative number
Negative number multiplied by negative number?
positive number
What is a positive number multiplied by a negative number?
a negative number
Negative number multiplied by a positive number?
Negative number.
Why is it when you multiply two negative integers that it is a positive answer?
Multiplying anything non-zero by a negative number changes the sign. A positive number multiplied by a negative number becomes negative. A negative number multiplied by a negative number becomes positive.
What does a positive number multiplied by a positive number equal?
A positive number multiplied by a positive number will give a positive answer:1 x 1 = 1In contrast, a negative number multiplied by a positive number gives a negative answer:-1 x 1 = -1Finally two negative numbers multiplied together give a positive answer:-1 x -1 = 1
Is a positive number and a negative number will always be negative?
A positive number multiplied by a negative number will always result in a negative number.
