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What number of negatives do you have to multiply or divide to get a positive answer?
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Any even number
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When dividing two negatives does it equal a positive?
Actually it does, whenever you mulitply and divide two negative and two positive numbers they always equal a positive number. When you multiply and divide a negative and positive they always equal a negative number.
Multiply a negative number by a negative number?
a positive number..... 2 negatives=positive
When you multiply 2 negatives numbers do you get a positive number?
yes
What can you conclude about multiplication with negative numbers?
If you multiply a negative number with a positive number, the result will be negative. If you multiply two negatives, the result will be positive.
If you divide a negative number by a negative number will you get a positive number?
You will end up with a positive number. With integers, if you multiply or divide an even amount of negative numbers, the answer will be positive and if you multiply or divide an odd amount, the answer will be negative.
When you multiply an even number of negatives the answer is?
Positive, for example -1*-1=1
How do you multiply with negative numbers?
If you are multiplying a negative number times a negative number, you multiply regularly but the answer in negative. If you are multipling 2 negatives, you multiply it regularly, again, but the answer is positive, and if u multiply 2 positives, obviously its a positive.
How do you multiply a negative times a negative?
If the two numbers you are multiplying are both negatives, the answer will be a positive,(two negatives make a positive).If you multiply a negative and a positive the result willbe a negative,(different symbols will result in negative.============================So, if I can squeeze in here for a second and actually answer the question . . .To multiply a negative number by another negative number, throw away bothnegative signs, and proceed just as if both numbers were positive.
How can you Make a negative number into a positive value?
You can multiply or divide it by any negative number.
How do you divide a negative number by a positive fraction?
You multiply the negative number by the reciprocal of the fraction.
What will you get if you divide two negative number?
A positive because two negatives cancel each other out to create a positive. Example: -40/-10= 4
Is subtracting a negative number the same as adding a positive number?
For negatives, two negatives equal a positive & all goes for positive
