Question

What is the value of the expression (–4)3?

Answer 1

\(\bf (-4)^3\quad?\)

Answer 2

Yeah that's it

Answer 3

\(\bf (-4)^3\implies (-4)\cdot (-4)\cdot (-4)\)

Answer 4

Also something important to know, is that when using powers and negative numbers, if you have a negative number and you square it for instance, then it will become positive, but if you cube it, then it will stay negative. Any odd power is negative and any even power is positive :)

Answer 5

-64