Multiplying and Dividing IntegersCount the minus signs. Even means positive, odd means negative.6th GradeSame signs give a positive answer. Different signsgive a negative one. This holds for both multiplyingand dividing.(−) × (−) = + · (−) × (+) = −6 × 318Both positive.(−6) × (−3)18Both negative — the answer is positive.(−6) × 3−18One negative, so negative.(−24) ÷ (−6)4Division follows exactly the same sign rule.THE COMMON MISTAKE(−7) + (−3) = 21(−7) + (−3) = −10The 'two negatives make a positive' rule is for × and ÷ only. It never applies toadding.Count the negative signs. An even number of them gives a positiveanswer; an odd number gives a negative.Multiplying and Dividing Integerslearnposters.com
Multiplying and Dividing Integers — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Multiplying and Dividing Integers poster

The rule, 4 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.

Count the negative signs. An even number of them gives a positive answer; an odd number gives a negative.

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What’s on the Multiplying and Dividing Integers poster?
The rule, 4 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Same signs give a positive answer. Different signs give a negative one. This holds fo…; (−) × (−) = + · (−) × (+) = −; 6 × 3 = 18; (−6) × (−3) = 18; (−6) × 3 = −18; (−24) ÷ (−6) = 4; Common mistake: (−7) + (−3) = 21 → (−7) + (−3) = −10. Count the negative signs. An even number of them gives a positive answer; an odd number gives a negative.
Who is the Multiplying and Dividing Integers poster for?
Multiplying and Dividing Integers is filed under 6th Grade (ages 11–12), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Multiplying and Dividing Integers poster?
The sign rule is different from the addition rule. That is the whole difficulty. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Multiplying and Dividing Integers belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Multiplying and Dividing Integers?
Absolute Value, Adding Integers and Algebra Vocabulary sit alongside Multiplying and Dividing Integers in the 6th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Absolute ValueAdding IntegersAlgebra Vocabulary
Is the Multiplying and Dividing Integers poster free to download and print?
Yes. Multiplying and Dividing Integers downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 6th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Multiplying and Dividing Integers poster print at?
Multiplying and Dividing Integers is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Multiplying and Dividing Integers loses nothing.Printing guide

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