Why a Negative Times a Negative Is a Flip, Not a Trick It’s a rule that gets taught early, repeated often, and explained… not quite enough. Let’s try to look at it a bit differently. Instead of thinking of multiplication as repeated addition, think of it as scaling. Turning a volume knob. Stretching a number line. That’s what multiplication does—it scales. Multiplying by 2 stretches the number line out twice as far. Multiplying by 4? Even further. Multiplying by 1 is special—it maps every number
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Why a Negative Times a Negative Is a Flip, Not a Trick It’s a rule that gets taught early, repeated often, and explained… not quite enough. Let’s try to look at it a bit differently.
polymathematic. polymathematic · Original audio. Why a Negative Times a Negative Is a Flip, Not a Trick It’s a rule that gets taught early, repeated often, and explained… not quite enough. Let’s try to look at it a bit differently. Instead of thinking of multiplication as repeated addition, think of it as scaling. Turning a volume knob ...
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