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Multiplying and dividing negative integers
Multiplying and dividing negative integers, powers of negative numbers, and working with several negative factors.
Sign rules
Evaluate $\dfrac{-6 \times 8}{-12}$.
$-6 \times 8 = -48$
$-48 \div (-12) = 4$
Powers of negatives
$(-2)^3 = (-2)(-2)(-2) = -8$ and $(-2)^4 = 16$. An even power of a negative number is positive; an odd power is negative.
Evaluate $(-1)^{25} \times (-3)^2$.
$(-1)^{25} = -1$ (odd power) and $(-3)^2 = 9$.
$-1 \times 9 = -9$
$(-2)^3$
$-8$
$(-1)^{100}$
$1$
$-3^2$
$-9$
Evaluate $\dfrac{-6 \times 8}{-12}$.
$-48 \div -12$.
Evaluate $(-1)^{25} \times (-3)^2$.
$-1 \times 9$.
Evaluate $(-2)^3$.
Odd power.
Evaluate $(-2)^4$.
Even power.
Evaluate $-2^4$.
$-(2^4)$.
Evaluate $(-3) \times (-4) \times 5$.
Two negatives.
Evaluate $63 \div (-9)$.
Different signs.
Evaluate $(-3)^3$.
$-27$.
New numbers every time. Keep going until you get five in a row.