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Without actually multiplying how can you decide whether the product of two integers is positive negative or 0?
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∙ 12y ago
the answer is a positive because two negative or two positive is always positive.
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What are non positive integers?
Non-positive integers are zero and the negative integers.
What is the rule for multiplying integers with different signs?
Multiply two integers disregarding the signs. Then if the signs are the same, the answer is positive and if the signs are different, the answer is negative. Alternatively, if you are multiplying together a whole bunch of numbers, first find the product while ignoring the signs. Then count all the negative numbers. If the count is even, the answer is positive and if it is odd, the answer is negative.
What is the sign of the quotient of two positive integers?
The quotient of two positive integers will be positive. A positive divided by a positive is positive. A positive divided by a negative is negative. A negative divided by a positive is negative. A negative divided by a negative is positive.
Is the product of 4 negative integers positive or negative?
Positive. The product of even numbers of negative integers is always positive, whereas the product of odd nummbers of negative integers is always negative.
Are the sum of two negative integers positive?
No. Two negative integers added together will never equal a positive integer. It is the product of two negative integers that is positive.
If there is one positive and two negative numbers in multiplying integers is the answer a positive or a negative?
Negative.
When multiplying negative integers does it become negative or positive?
Negative times negative equals positive.
What is the rules for multiplication integers?
When multiplying integers, multiplying by the same sign will always produce a positive integer. Such as a negative times a negative equals a positive. If the signs are different then the product will be a negative.
What are the rules multiplying integers?
Positive x Positive =Positive Positive x Negative= Negative Negative x Positive= Negative Negative x Negative =Positive
What is the rule in multiplying integers with the same sign?
When you multiply two integers of the same sign, the answer is always positive. A positive times a positive is positive and a negative times a negative is positive.
What is the rule for multiplying and dividing integers?
i dunno if this is the answer youre looking for. negative x negative = positive negative x positive = negative positive x positive = positive same thing with dividing integers its really simple.
What signs are used when mulitiplying and dIviding integers would the signs be the same and the answer negative?
positive x positive = positive negative x negative = positive positive x negative = negative negative x positive = negative The same rules apply for dividing, since dividing is actually multiplying by the reciprical.
Rule for multiplying integers?
Positive x negative = negative (Negative x positive = negative) Positive x positive = positive Negative x negative = positive So if the signs are the same the answer is positive and if they are different it is negative.
How is dividing integers similar to multiplying integers with the resulting sign?
The rules for the sign (positive or negative) of the result of a multiplication is the same as division. For multiplication: Positive * Positive --> Positive Positive * Negative --> Negative Negative * Positive --> Negative Negative * Negative --> Positive For division: Positive / Positive --> Positive Positive / Negative --> Negative Negative / Positive --> Negative Negative / Negative --> Positive
How do you multiple and divide positive and negative integers?
multiplying and dividing a negative number will "flip" the sign of the other number. So multiplying two negative numbers will produce a positive number. Multiplying one positive and one negative number will produce a negative. And of course two positive numbers yield a positive.
How are multiplying integers and dividing integers alike?
a negative x a negative= a positive, a positive x a positive= a positive, a negative x a positive= a negative, and a positive x a negative= a negative. Same thing with division. a negative divided by a negative= a positive, a positive divided by a positive= a positive, a negative divided by a positive= a negative, and a positive divided by a negative is a negative. U see?
Why multiplying 3 negative integers results in a negative answer?
when you multiply 2 of them it's positive, 3 and it stays negative.
