Thread: multiplication of negatives

wot happens when you multiply with a negative number?eg 4x-7=?

Originally Posted by steveradford

wot happens when you multiply with a negative number?eg 4x-7=?

We have a convention that:

1) the product of a negative and a negative is positive

and

2) the product of a positive and negative is negative.

These conventions allow arithmetic to be extended consistently to
cover multiplication and division of negative numbers.

In this case:



RonL