Explain how you would use addition to find the product of - 2 and 5 using the integer tiles and the number line.

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Pablo Mcclure

20 June, 05:59

Explain how you would use addition to find the product of - 2 and 5 using the integer tiles and the number line.

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Salma Wiley · Answer 1

Product of - 2 and 5 is - 2 times 5, or 5 times - 2 (5 * - 2).

You can think of this as 5 lots of - 2.

If each (-) is a negative,

-2 = (-) (-)

5 * - 2 =

(-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-)

(-) (-) (-) (-)

= - 10