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any two negative numbers multiplied together equals a positive number. any two positives numbers multiplied together equal positive numbers and any negative and positive numbers multiplied together equals a negative.



negative, negative = positive
negative, positive = negative
positive, positive = positive

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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.


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(-5)2 = 25. This is because multiplying two negative numbers together always leads to a positive number. Think about it like taking a negative amount of negative numbers, which switches them over to positive numbers. -52 = -25, because you are not multiplying negative 5 by negative 5, you are multiplying 5 by 5, and then multiplying that value by negative 1.


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What are the rule for dividing negative numbers?

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How is multiplying rational numbers like multiplying fractions and multiplying decimals?

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When multiplying two numbers with different signs the result will be?

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If there is one positive and two negative numbers in multiplying integers is the answer a positive or a negative?

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What is negative 56 times negative 8?

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Is the answer still negative if both numbers that are being added are negative?

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What does negative 5 in parantheses to the 2nd power equal and can you explain what it would mean without the parantheses is it the same thing?

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When multiplying numbers what do you do with the positive and negative signs?

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When multiplying and dividing rational numbers how do you know if the answer will be a negative?

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When multiplying binomials that turn out negative do you add or subtract exponents?

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When you multiply a negative number by a negative number is the number positive or negative?

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