Question

What adds up to positive 5 but multiplies to negative 6?

Answer 1

First, think of factors of 6.
1 and 6 or 2 and 3.
One of them is going to need to be negative to get -6.
6 minus 1 is 5.


`6+-1=5 \\ 6*-1=-6`

Ans: 6 and -1