I have always heard that multiplication is fast adding of the same number. This made sense until we got to negative numbers. Why would two negative numbers become a positive number when they are multiplied if it is indeed just adding the same number? I have asked several people this and never got a straight answer. Please help me!
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I don’t know how to put it in really simple terms but you can’t multiply a negative number by a negative number as the negative signs cancel each other out.
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