Question

What is -4 x 3 when 4 is negative??

Answer 1

-12

Explanation:

-×-=+

so -×+=-

so -4×3=-12

Answer 2

-12

When multiplying a negative and a positive, the product is a negative.

Whenever you are confused, you can write the multiplication tic tac toe on the corner of your paper and it really helps! (it's in the photo below)

Just remember that the positives are put in a diagonal line.

Hope this helps!

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