When multiplying with a negative number, our answer is negative.

Answer is 

 When multiplying with two negative numbers, our answer is positive.

Answer is 

When multiplying two negative numbers, the negative signs cancel each other out, making for a positive solution. If only one number is negative, the solution will be negative.

Therefore we can rewrite  as , which is .

First, since we are multiplying a negative value with a positive value, we need to realize the product is going to be negative. Next, we can multiply the values.

Since the answer is negative, the answer is .

We know the following information:

However, the  changes our answer, in this particular case. There are a couple of rules that we need to remember when multiplying with negative numbers:

• A negative number multiplied by a positive number will always equal a negative number
• A negative number multiplied by a negative number will always equal a positive number 

Thus,

We know the following information:

However, the  changes our answer, in this particular case. There are a couple of rules that we need to remember when multiplying with negative numbers:

• A negative number multiplied by a positive number will always equal a negative number
• A negative number multiplied by a negative number will always equal a positive number 

Thus,

We know the following information:

However, the  changes our answer, in this particular case. There are a couple of rules that we need to remember when multiplying with negative numbers:

• A negative number multiplied by a positive number will always equal a negative number
• A negative number multiplied by a negative number will always equal a positive number 

Thus,

We know the following information:

However, the  changes our answer, in this particular case. There are a couple of rules that we need to remember when multiplying with negative numbers:

• A negative number multiplied by a positive number will always equal a negative number
• A negative number multiplied by a negative number will always equal a positive number 

Thus,

We know the following information:

However, the  changes our answer, in this particular case. There are a couple of rules that we need to remember when multiplying with negative numbers:

• A negative number multiplied by a positive number will always equal a negative number
• A negative number multiplied by a negative number will always equal a positive number 

Thus,

We know the following information:

However, the  changes our answer, in this particular case. There are a couple of rules that we need to remember when multiplying with negative numbers:

• A negative number multiplied by a positive number will always equal a negative number
• A negative number multiplied by a negative number will always equal a positive number 

Thus,