Use properties of operations and rules for multiplying signed

Question

numbers to multiply positive and negative rational numbers
Multiply -1 1/6 by 7. Write your answer as a mixed number.
Answer: -8 1/6
describe as a 7th grader in a semi-short sentance and still have some explaining on how its correct.

Answer 1

To multiply -1 1/6 by 7, first, we change -1 1/6 into an improper fraction, which is -7/6. Then, we multiply -7/6 by 7, which equals -49/6. When we convert -49/6 back to a mixed number, we divide 49 by 6, which gives us -8 with a remainder of 1, so the final answer is -8 1/6. This shows that when you multiply a negative by a positive, the answer is negative!