Determine the Sign: Finding the Product of (-6) × 5

Because you have one negative factor (-6) and one positive factor (5). The sign rule states: positive × negative = negative, so $(-6) \times 5 = -30$.

If both factors are negative, like $(-6) \times (-5)$, then the result would be positive! Remember: negative × negative = positive.

Easy memory trick:

• Same signs = Positive result
• Different signs = Negative result

Since (-6) and (+5) have different signs, the answer is negative!

Either way works! You can multiply the magnitudes: 6 × 5 = 30, then apply the sign rule to get -30. Or determine the sign first (negative), then multiply.

Magnitude means the absolute value or size of a number without its sign. So the magnitude of -6 is 6, and the magnitude of 5 is 5.