ACCESS Prealgebra
The rectangle on the number line represents the product of two numbers a and b (a×b). Use the sliders to adjust the values of a and b.
1. What happens when a and b are both positive?
2. What happens when a and b are both negative?
3. What happens when a is positive and b is negative?
4. What happens when a is negative and b is positive?
5. What other patterns do you see?