What will be the resulting sign from the following exercise?
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What will be the resulting sign from the following exercise?
We will only look at whether the number is negative or positive.
In other words, the division exercise looks like this:
Since we are dividing a negative number by a negative number, the result must be a positive number.
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What will be the sign of the result of the next exercise?
\( (-2)\cdot(-4)= \)
Think of division as "how many groups". If you remove 3 negative objects at a time from 7 negative objects, you're doing a positive action! The two negatives cancel each other out.
Yes! Division and multiplication use identical sign rules: same signs = positive, different signs = negative. Remember: and
Not always! When the question only asks for the sign, just focus on whether it's positive or negative. But calculating the full answer is great practice!
Then the result is negative! Different signs always give a negative result: and
This works for both multiplication and division!
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