MULTIPLYING INTEGERS: MATHEMATISING TO MAKE SENSE

3 x +2 = +6 (spoken as 3 times positive 2 equal to positive 6) 3 x 2 = 6 (spoken as 3 times negative 2 equal to negative 6) So far, as in other approaches, there was no problem. The problem arose when the multiplier was a negative number. One did not want to resort to the logic of commutativity (although ................
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