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multiply the numbers together and the sign is positive , as a negative times a negative is a positive
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Multiply a positive number by a negative number what is the answer?
A negative number.
What two numbers a negative and positive multiply to 72 and add up to -17?
A negative and a positive number will multiply to a negative number. Other than that, -9 and -8 will satisfy your conditions.
How do you multiply a negative number to a positive number?
A negative times a positive is always a negative. The rest is the same: just multiply as if they are both positive numbers and then add the negative sign at the end.
What happens when you multiply a positive number by a negative number?
You get a number known as their "product".
How do you multiply a negative number by a positive number?
You multiply the numbers just like you would normally except that the product will have a negative sign. Example: -6 X 5 = -30. When you multiply a negative number and a positive number, the product will always be negative. Multiplying two positive numbers or two negative numbers will give you positive products.
When you multiply a positive number by ba negative one what is the sign of the answer?
when you multiply a positive number by a negative number it is a negative. if u multiply a negative by a negative then it is positive
What do you get when you multiply a positive by a negative number?
When you multiply a positive number by a negative number you always get a negative number.
Multiply a positive number by a negative number what is the answer?
A negative number.
What does a negative multiply by a negative do?
A negative number multiplied by a negative number will result in a positive answer.
When you multiply a positive number by a negative number which is the sign of the answer?
its a negative
How do you multiply with negative numbers?
If you are multiplying a negative number times a negative number, you multiply regularly but the answer in negative. If you are multipling 2 negatives, you multiply it regularly, again, but the answer is positive, and if u multiply 2 positives, obviously its a positive.
Multiply 3 x -5?
8
What can you conclude about multiplication with negative numbers?
If you multiply a negative number with a positive number, the result will be negative. If you multiply two negatives, the result will be positive.
When you multiply a negative number by a positive number is the number positive or negative?
The result of multiplying a positive number by a negative number is a negative number.
What two numbers a negative and positive multiply to 72 and add up to -17?
A negative and a positive number will multiply to a negative number. Other than that, -9 and -8 will satisfy your conditions.
How do you use a positive number to get a negative number?
Multiply the positive number by any negative number and it will result in a negative number.
When you multiply a positve number by a negative number what is the sign of the answer?
negative. When you multiply, if there are an odd number of negative signs, the answer is negative. If there are an even number of negative signs, the answer is positive. Or another way to think of this is that two negative signs cancel each other out when multiplying.
