Multiplying Positive and Negative Numbers

The video tutorial explains how to determine the sign of a product when multiplying integers. It covers three scenarios: positive times positive results in a positive product, positive times negative results in a negative product, and negative times negative results in a positive product. The tutorial concludes by applying these rules to a specific example, demonstrating that a negative times a positive results in a negative product.

What is the sign of the product of -2 and 7?

• Undefined

• Zero

• Negative

• Positive

What is the result when you multiply two positive numbers?

• Negative

• Positive

• Undefined

• Zero

If you multiply a positive number by a negative number, what will the product be?

• Negative

• Positive

• Undefined

• Zero

What happens when you multiply two negative numbers?

• The product is undefined

• The product is zero

• The product is positive

• The product is negative

In the example -2 * 7, why is the product negative?

• Because both numbers are negative

• Because the numbers are zero

• Because one number is negative and the other is positive

• Because both numbers are positive