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Q: Does a negative number times a positive number equal a positive or a negative number?
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What does a positive times a positive times a negative equal?

A negative times a positive is a negative.


Does negative times a negative times a negative equal a positive?

No - it results in a negative number.


What is negative 10 times negative 5?

-10 x -5 = +50A negative times a negative will always equal a positive number.A negative times a positive will always equal a negative number.A positive times a positive will always equal a positive number.- x - = +- x + = -+ x + = +


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

No. An odd number of negatives in multiplication is negative.


Does a negative number times a negative equal a neg answer?

No, a negative number times a negative number will equal a positive answer. e.g. -2 x-2 = 4 (a positive 4) e.g. -3 x -3 = 9 (positive)


Does a negative and a posotive number equal a negative?

A negative number TIMES a positive number will equal a negative number. A negative number DIVIDED BY a positive number (or vice versa) will equal a negative number. With addition and subtraction, it all depends on what the numbers are.


Does a negative times a negative number equal?

A negative number multiplied by a negative yields a positive answer.


Does a double negative equal a positive?

two times a negative number does not equal 0.


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


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

It could equal both a negagtive number or a positive number. To get a definite positive or negative you times or divide. Well in addition and subtraction negative plus a negative equals a bigger negative. Kinda like -4+-4 =-8, but in multiplication and division 2 negatives equal a positive. -2 times-2 =positive 4.


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

Yes, as long as you don't count zero as either positive or negative.


How do you multyply integers?

when you have a negative times a negative it will equal a positive but when you have a negative times a positive it will equal a negative no matter what!