When I explain this it is like taking away a debt. If Dad takes away what I owe him for gas then I'm ahead.
Also think of the negative sign as the words "the opposite of" and it will help you see the change of sign.
Chat with our AI personalities
A positive times a positive equals a positive, a negative times a negative equals a positive, a negative times a positive equals a negative(vice versa for the last one)
Negative number and positive numbers are all numbers. Negative numbers are just positive numbers multiplied by -1.
Negative * positive = negative Positive * positive = positive Negative * negative = positive
a multiple, as follows:positive * positive = positivepositive * negative = negativenegative * negative = positivemore than 2 numbers:positive * positive * positive = positivepositive * positive * negative = negativepositive * negative * negative = positivenegative * negative * negative = negativeand so on...also, (any number) * 0 = 0
(The product of 33 negative numbers) x (2 positive numbers) = (negative sign) x (positive sign) = negative sign