Question

Which answer seems the most reasonable answer to the problem below? *

(-5.6) (3.4) =
-20
18
-15
12

Answer 1

-20

Explanation:

1- each of the two numbers are inside parenthesis and are beside each other which means they should be multiplied like this: -5.6 * 3.4

2- because 5.6 is negative, the rule in multiplying different signs would result to a negative number

3- and when you accurately multiply them, the answer is 19.04, and the options here are estimated so you should estimate the 19.04 too

4- 1 after it is 9 and nine is a great number, 1 turns to 2 and 9 turns into 0, which equals to 20, and DO NOT forget to add the sign, which is negative as i said previously