SOLUTION: Please help my son's first year (4)(8) is this multipling (-5)(-5)(-5) and one more please 54/-9 thank you

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: Please help my son's first year
(4)(8) is this multipling
(-5)(-5)(-5)
and one more please
54/-9
thank you
This question is from textbook

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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(4)(8) is this multipling?
Yes; multiplying can be written that way or 4*8 or 4(raised dot)8 or 4 x 8
or 4(8).
For all those the result is 32
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(-5)(-5)(-5) = -125
(-5)(-5)=25
and when you multiply again by -5 you get -125
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and one more please
54/-9 = -6
because "a positive number divided by a negative number is negative"
and "54 divided by 9 is 6"
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Cheers,
Stan H.