What will be the sign of the result of the next exercise?
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What will be the sign of the result of the next exercise?
Let's remember the rule:
Therefore, the sign of the exercise result will be positive:
Positive
What will be the sign of the result of the next exercise?
\( (-2)\cdot(-4)= \)
When numbers have no sign in front, they are automatically positive! So 6 means +6 and 3 means +3. That's why .
Great question! The × symbol means multiply, while the − symbol means subtract or negative. They look similar but do completely different things in math.
You don't have to write +18, you can just write 18. But writing +18 helps show you understand that the result is positive, especially when learning about signs.
Then the rule changes! Positive × Negative = Negative and Negative × Positive = Negative. But since both 6 and 3 are positive here, we get a positive result.
Think of it like this: Same signs = Positive result and Different signs = Negative result. Since +6 and +3 have the same (positive) signs, the answer is positive!
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