Question

What is the product of $( - 6)$ and $( - 3)?$

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we have to find the product of two given numbers. As we know that the product of two numbers is the result we get when we multiply them together. In this question, we have two numbers, both of which are negative. We should know the rule which says that the product of two negative numbers always give a positive number.

Complete step-by-step answer:
We have given $ - 6$ and $ - 3$.
We know that when two negative numbers are multiplied the outcome is an appositive number, not the negative number.
So $ - 6 \times - 3 = + 18$.
Hence the required answer is $18$.
So, the correct answer is “18”.

Note: We should note that if there is one negative number and one positive number, then the answer will be negative always. As for example we can say that the product of $ - 12$ and $3$ is $( - 36)$.
We should always remember these two basic rules to avoid calculation errors.