okay, this might sound silly, but has anyone ever understand why when you multiply a negative number with another negative, you get a positive number?

 

I just try to get an example or imagine something that would prove me that, but I can't get it..... it's like fine, I follow the rule but I can't understand why it does that!

 

The other one is for example -7--7 ends up being zero, but that one I get it by, I suppose, thinking it is the say as "no, he's not not here" (or something like that, that means yes)

Math is stupid.

i agree

math is lame

that's just one of the rules

you cant question the rules!

-2x(-4x + 10) = ?

 

haha

that was gay eric

:huh:

-2x(-4x + 10) = ?

 

haha

that was gay eric

 

= 8x(squared) -20x

Math is definitely NOT my strong point :anxious: I passed it by a hair in high school.

Math is definitely NOT my strong point I passed it by a hair in high school.

 

me too! and that's only b/c i talked to my teacher and begged her to let me pass. :lol:

Yeah, get this! At the end of first semester in grade 12 I asked my math teacher if I was going to pass the course so I would know if I had to apply to re-take it next semester, and he told me I was gonna pass. But it turned out he looked at the wrong mark and I actually got a 45!! So he bumped me up to a 50 because it was his mistake...:anxious: whew.

okay, this might sound silly, but has anyone ever understand why when you multiply a negative number with another negative, you get a positive number?

 

I just try to get an example or imagine something that would prove me that, but I can't get it..... it's like fine, I follow the rule but I can't understand why it does that!

 

The other one is for example -7--7 ends up being zero, but that one I get it by, I suppose, thinking it is the say as "no, he's not not here" (or something like that, that means yes)

 

For the subraction, imagine it on a number line. You're at -7, and you want to subtract another -7. If you were just subtracting 7, you'd move "left" on the number line to -14, but since you're subtracting a negative number, you move the opposite direction, back to 0. The same principle applies to the multiplication. I may sound like I'm talking to a baby, but I actually had to explain this to another college-age person a few weeks ago. :stunned: Also, the double-negative thing works too. :P

I failed math twice in high school. Never took it again after that, except for a statistics class I had to take in university.

I'm taking the absolute easiest math there is in university. :cool:

Yeah, get this! At the end of first semester in grade 12 I asked my math teacher if I was going to pass the course so I would know if I had to apply to re-take it next semester, and he told me I was gonna pass. But it turned out he looked at the wrong mark and I actually got a 45!! So he bumped me up to a 50 because it was his mistake... whew.

 

hahaha..omg! that's crazy! :o

Yep, I was damn lucky. :P

I'm taking my one required math course right now, and hoping to barely squeeze by with a passing grade so I never have to take math again. :lol:

 

I really wish I'd taken it last year when it might have been a little fresher on my mind from high school. :rolleyes:

Yes, you were.

 

My grade 11 math teacher knew how terrible i was in math, he bet me $20.00 that i'd fail the exam. :lol:

That sounds like it would fill you with confidence. :lol:

I know..hahahaha

 

I was determined to pass so i stayed up and studied all night....all the wrong things...and i failed. :lol:

 

BUT the teacher retired so i never saw him again. :lol:

2 + 1 = 5

 

Brian sucks at math.

no 2+2=5 hehe haha

Radiohead sucks at math.

okay, this might sound silly, but has anyone ever understand why when you multiply a negative number with another negative, you get a positive number?

 

I just try to get an example or imagine something that would prove me that, but I can't get it..... it's like fine, I follow the rule but I can't understand why it does that!

 

The other one is for example -7--7 ends up being zero, but that one I get it by, I suppose, thinking it is the say as "no, he's not not here" (or something like that, that means yes)

 

thats always done he head in ... :stunned: :/

Yes, you were.

 

My grade 11 math teacher knew how terrible i was in math, he bet me $20.00 that i'd fail the exam. :lol:

 

:lol: Is that even allowed?

MATH IS EVIL.

 

ARGH.

 

I have my finals coming up on Monday :rolleyes: I feel sick all of a sudden.

Radiohead sucks at math.

 

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