Question

Evaluate: –8 · 3


Making sure I am doing this right. How would you guys do it?

Answer 1

well it would be -24

Answer 2

-24

Answer 3

A negative number times a positive number is a negative number.

Answer 4

- x + = -
+ x - = -
+ x + = +
- x - = +

Answer 5

I needed help. Okay. Thank you guys but Thank you Kymber for explaining. I forgot that. But now I get it :)

Answer 6

:D

Answer 7

=]

Answer 8

What about the one's in parenthesis, does that happen the same way? You just do the right thing by doing what's in parentheses times what ever first?

Answer 9

If it's like -8(3) then the parenthesis just mean multiply

Answer 10

Okay.
What about 9/-3 ?

Answer 11

That's dividing. A positive number divided by negative number would be negative.

Answer 12

I tried that. It didn't get the right answer. It like a fraction.

Answer 13

You got -3?
I guess you could also simplify it.. but that would also be -3