Just a small question on a problem in Quiz 3 of 7th grade Negative Numbers: multiplication & division – Khan Academy - Centro de ayuda

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sugarkin246

30 de julio de 2020 18:12

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Can someone explain why -10 times -7 is equal to -17? Am I doing the question wrong?
Help is much appreciated!

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pikkachhu

2 de agosto de 2020 16:03
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That's not -10 times -7. It's -10 minus 7. If they were asking you to multiply -10 and -7, they would have put parentheses around either number, like (10)-7 or 10(-7).

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sugarkin246

3 de agosto de 2020 20:33
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Ohh that makes sense now. Thank you!

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