Positives & Negatives - Multiplication & Division

I. Respect your positives and negatives! Mistakes involving signs are some of
the most common mistakes made in Algebra 1.

II. The rules for multiplying positives and negatives are simple:

A. A positive times a positive equals a positive

B. A positive times a negative equals a negative
C. A negative times a positive equals a negative
D. A negative times a negative equals a positive

III. The rules for dividing positives and negatives are the same:

A. A positive divided by a positive equals a positive

B. A positive divided by a negative equals a negative
C. A negative divided by a positive equals a negative
D. A negative divided by a negative equals a positive

IV. If you have to multiply or divide more than once, do your multiplication and
division in order from left to right.

V. Remember that x times x equals x2.