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9. However, we shall not get obsessed with the higher mathematics. We currently need
something much simpler. Let's say we are still students of school grade 5 (or 6), and we are
not able to comprehend the multiplication or division of positive and negative numbers. We
never know which sign (plus or minus) to choose: for example, multiplying
-5 by
-3, we write
the answer
-15, and dividing 20 by
-4, we get
+5, and as a result, the teacher always
marks
our work with digit "2" - with no sign at all.
Help us, our kind fairy Mnemonic! And she helps. Listen, children, and remember.
10. Positive person is a
"+", and of course he/she is your friend.
Negative person is a
"-", and he is definitely the enemy. Isn't that right?
And now let's turn to the arithmetic operations:
10.1.
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