Lesson 6 — Multiplying Signed Numbers

🎯 Goal

Understand how to multiply positive and negative numbers and apply the sign rules.

📝 Rules

• Positive × Positive = Positive
• Negative × Negative = Positive
• Positive × Negative = Negative
• Negative × Positive = Negative

🔎 Examples

• \(3 \times 4 = 12\)
• \(-5) \times 6 = -30\)
• \(-7) \times (-2) = 14\)

✏️ Practice

1. \((-3) \times 8\)
2. \(9 \times (-4)\)
3. \((-6) \times (-5)\)