Integers
The parent said, “What? You’re studying what?”
“Integers,” said the child.
“What’s an integer?” asked the parent.
The child replied, “Well, like 2 or -2 or 11 or -11.”
“Oh,” said the parent.”Why didn’t you just say you were studying about numbers?”
The child just stared back.
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- 6.2: Multiplication
- Now, we’ll explore how to multiply positive and negative numbers using the counters. Let’s look again at a definition of multiplication for whole numbers.
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