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Negative times negative is always a positive.

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Q: Why does a negative number times a negative number produce a positive number?
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What is a negitaive times a positive?

A negative number times a positive number will give you a negative product.A negative number times a positive number will give you a negative product.A negative number times a positive number will give you a negative product.A negative number times a positive number will give you a negative product.


How do you work out how to times a positive number by a negative number?

A positive number times a positive number will always get you a positive number A negative number times a negative number will always get you a positive number (same signs will get you a positive number) but A positive number times a negative number will always get you a negative number or A negative number times a positive number will always get you a negative number (different signs will get you a negative number)


Does a negative number times a positive number equal a positive or a negative number?

Negative.


When you multiply a positive number by a negative by a negative one what is the sign of the answer?

A negative times a positive is a negative and that negative times a negative would = a positive. So the answer would be a positive number. *<:)


What is the product of a positive number multiplied by a negative number?

negative. + times - is negative + times + is positive - times - is positive Basically: same sign= positive and different signs= negative


What does a positive times a positive times a negative equal?

A negative times a positive is a negative.


When you multipulply negative number by positive number what do you get?

A negative number times a positive number is a negative number.


When a negative number is cubed is it negative or a positive number?

I think that it's a negative number, as a negative times a negative is a positive, and a positive times a negative is a negative, but I could be wrong. (DUN-DUN--DUUUUUN...)


Does a positive number times a negative number equal a negative or a positive number?

A negative number. A positive number x a positive number = a positive number A negative number x a negative number = a positive number A positive number x a negative number = a negative Hope this helps :D


How do i times by a minus number?

The same as a positive one. If you are multiplying a positive number by a negative, the answer will be negative. If you are multiplying a negative number by a negative, the answer will be positive.


Is a negative divided by a negative a positive number?

negative times negative is positive negative divided by a negative is a postive negative times a positive is a negative negative divided by a positive is a negative


What is a negative number times a positive number?

The answer is negative.