Learn How To Multiply Positive & Negative Numbers

The video tutorial explores the concept of times tables, starting with positive numbers and demonstrating how each step down the table reduces the product by a fixed number. It then introduces negative numbers, showing how multiplying a positive by a negative results in a negative product. The tutorial further explains that reducing the first number in multiplication by a negative number also results in a negative product. Finally, it combines these concepts to illustrate that multiplying two negative numbers results in a positive product.

What is the result of multiplying 3 by 4?

• 7

• 15

• 12

• 9

If you multiply a positive number by a negative number, what is the result?

• Positive

• Negative

• Zero

• Undefined

What happens to the product when you multiply a negative number by a positive number?

• It becomes negative

• It becomes positive

• It remains unchanged

• It becomes zero

What is the result of multiplying two negative numbers?

• Undefined

• Positive

• Zero

• Negative

When reducing the number you are multiplying by in a negative times table, what happens to the product?

• It decreases by three

• It increases by three

• It remains the same

• It becomes zero