alleryWhat sign has the product of one positive and one negative number?
ANegative
BPositive
CZero
DUndefined
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Negative
1. Multiply the magnitudes first.
2. A positive times a negative gives a negative sign, for example 3 x (-2) = -6.
3. The product is not positive, and it is zero only if a factor is zero.
_Source: Wikipedia, Negative number, Multiplication_
Keep practising Negative Number
Browse all Negative Number questions for CTET, or explore more Mathematics topics.
Related questions
A football team conceding more goals than it scores has what goal difference?Which sign can be placed before a number to stress it is positive?The minus sign is used for which two operations?Which numbers are described as nonpositive?A nonnegative number is one that is what?In advanced maths, the number line is usually called what?A number line is first used in school to teach what?On a number line, the length from 0 to a number gives its what?