a negative prime number has 4 factors
A negative multiplied by another negative will always give a positive answer. E.g. -4 x - 3 = 12
A negative number. For example, -4/2=-2
A square number, like 4, 9 and 25.
-8, -4, -2, -1, 1, 2, 4, 8 Usually I only write the positive factors, even though the negative factors exist, though it is hard to resist writing them when the number itself is negative.
The best way to figure this out would be to use an example. So suppose you had a -20 and divided that by a positive 5. That would give you a -4. Take that -4 and divide it by a -2 which would give you a positive 2 (knowing that two negative numbers cancel out to make a positive number). Thus a negative divided by a positive divided by a negative would give you a positive number.
Becuase in the rule of laws of signs, when you multiply or divide a number that is positve by a negative number or a number that is negative by a positive number (same thing), the product/answer will always be a negative number. But when you multiply/divide a positive number by positive or negative by negative, the product/answer will always be positive number E.g: -2 x 2= -4 / 2 x (-2)= -4 -2 -:- 2= -1 / 2 -:- (-2)= -1 E.g: 2 x 2=4 / -2 x (-2)=4 2 -:- 2= 1 / -2 -:- (-2)=1
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Answer: The factors of the number '4' are 1, 2, and 4.
Yes, technically, since -7 x -4 = 28. We do not generally list negative factors for positive numbers. We do list negative factors for negative numbers.
The factors of -8 are: -1, -2, -4, -8
Negative 4. (-4)