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Four Negatives

June 25, 2018

Text only: the rule 'two negatives make a positive' crossed out, and replaced by a sentence with four negatives that carefully says 'non-negative.'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-06-25-four-negatives/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Crossed out] "Two negatives make a positive" | [Checked] "Four negatives don't fail to make a non-negative"

Topics
Number & Arithmetic › Negative NumbersNumber & Arithmetic › MultiplicationLogic & Proof › NegationMath Culture › Vocabulary & Notation
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
Language & WordplayCommon Mistakes