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7th grade
Course: 7th grade > Unit 5
Lesson 2: Multiply & divide negative numbers- Multiplying positive & negative numbers
- Signs of expressions
- Multiplying negative numbers
- Dividing positive and negative numbers
- Dividing negative numbers
- One-step equations with negatives (multiply & divide)
- Multiplying negative numbers review
- Dividing negative numbers review
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Multiplying negative numbers review
Review the basic of multiplying negative numbers and try some practice problems.
Summary
Expression | Product | Example |
---|---|---|
positive | positive | |
negative | positive | |
negative | negative | |
positive | negative |
Want to learn more about multiplying negative numbers? Check out this video.
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- Why are multiplying and dividing negatives the same?(70 votes)
- Multiplying and dividing negatives are the same because there is no difference between those sides of zero except the side of zero. So, when you multiply or divide negatives, you are basically multiplying positives with minus signs behind them. Don't forget that the product of 2 negative numbers is always a positive.(6 votes)
- easy lemon squishy vote for me if you agree if you dont now how press the upvote button(62 votes)
- why do people use . ( dot symbol) instead of x. if x is used common in algebra why did they put x in multiplication?(20 votes)
- X is a simpler way of teaching kids. Little kids might think they’re smarter than they really are and think that it’s a decimal point. As you get older, you realize the difference between this sign and a decimal point. Hope this helped!(19 votes)
- am i the only chinese people on this website(20 votes)
- Bad grammar though, it's suppose to be "Am I the only Chinese on this website?"The answer is no, I am also a Chinese.(5 votes)
- yay, math, definately fun.(14 votes)
- no math is not fun at all! Math = horrible(0 votes)
- Why does the negative cancel out in neg / neg and neg * neg?(12 votes)
- Because you are adding to it's self making a positive, with integers you always do the inverse operation well let me not say always for certain operations.(5 votes)
- Why do we need letter in math? I know why we need fractions but why letter. Why cant it give us a problem like, The candy cost 10.00 but the sign says 5% off. Why do we need letters for a simple problem?(12 votes)
- They're called "variables".(2 votes)
- vote for me if this s easy peasy lemon squeezy
hint: press upvote(11 votes) - Hey guys. Is a positive+Positive+Negative and Negative or Positive?(7 votes)
- Depends. if positive + positive is more than the negative it positive ex. 6+4+-5=5 if positive + positive is less than the negative the answer is negative ex. 5+4+-10=-1.(8 votes)
- what if the first number is one and the negative number is -100(7 votes)
- if it is 1 dived by -100 then you take 1 divide it by onehundred and get -0.001. If you are multiplying 1 times -100 then you take 1 times -100, set this up so that would be -100 because there is still a negitive sign.(7 votes)