That is changing. New research from the National Academy of Sciences suggests that's no longer the case: scientists can now determine with some confidence the degree climate change influenced some extreme weather events.
The factors are the numbers that are being multiplied together. The product is the result or answer of multiplying the multiplicand by the multiplier. A multiplication problem may be written horizontally such as 2 x 7 = 14. In this example 2 and 7 are the factors and 14 is the product of the multiplication. A multiplication problem may be written vertically. 2 x 7 14.
Negative and Positive. To calculate a problem that begins with a negative number and is being divided by a positive number, the answer will also always be negative. For example, -10 divided by 5 also equals -2. Multiply the quotient by the divisor to check your answer: -2 x 5 = -10.