Why do you get a positive number when multiplying two negatives?

The ratio of 1.4/7 in the simplest form

Sam and Jeremy have ages that are consecutive odd integers. The product of their ages is 783, which equation could be used to find Jeremy's age, j, if he is the younger man?

Larry is shipping nails that weig a total of 53 pounds. He divides thr nails equally among 4 shipping boxes. How many pounds of nails does he put in each box

Among all pairs of numbers with a sum of 185, find the pair whose product is maximum. write your answers as fractions reduced to lowest terms.

A rectangular floor is 21 ft long and 12ft wide. Reuben wants to carpet the floor with carpet tiles sold by the square yard. Use the facts to find the area in square yards.

Amy got a $1,000 loan from her bank, and she had to repay $1,550. What are the principal and interest amounts in this transaction?

What is 8/9 as a decimal rounded to nearest thousandth

What is the mean cost of replacing brake pads for four different vehicles ai at the following prices $120,$235,$98,$142

If f (x) = 1/2 [x], what is f (7.6) •3 •3.5 •3.8 •4

8 people are about to board a plane. In how many ways can this be done?