Negative Numbers

Practice Questions

PSAT Math › Negative Numbers

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What is $\frac{-36}{-9}$ ?

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What is $\frac{-36}{-9}$ ?

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Find the product.

$(-270) \times (-131)$

4

Find the product.

$(-270) \times (-131)$

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Let be a negative integer and be a nonzero integer. Which of the following must be negative regardless of whether is positive or negative?

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and are positive numbers; is a negative number. All of the following must be positive except:

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is a positive integer; and are negative integers. Which of the following three expressions must be negative?

I) $b^{a+c}$

II) $b^{a-c}$

III) $b^{c-a}$

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Given that are both integers, $-10 \leq a \leq -1$ , and $-10 \leq b \leq -1$ , which of the following is correct about the sign of the expression ?

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and are positive numbers; is a negative number. All of the following must be positive except:

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is a positive integer; and are negative integers. Which of the following three expressions must be negative?

I) $b^{a+c}$

II) $b^{a-c}$

III) $b^{c-a}$

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