In golf, shooting par is scored as a 0. A score of 2 below
par on a hole in golf is called an eagle. Jacob’s friend
Michelle scored an eagle on each of her first five holes.
Explain how you would use addition to find the product
-2 and 5 using the integer tiles and the number line.

To find the product of -2 and 5 using integer tiles, you could represent -2 as two red tiles (to signify negative) and use five groups of these tiles. So, you stack together five sets of the two red tiles, which equals a total of ten negative tiles, representing -10.

On a number line, start at zero and move two spaces left (for -2), then repeat this five times. Each jump to the left represents one set of -2, leading you to land on -10 after five jumps. So, whether you’re using the tiles or the number line, you’ll arrive at -10, demonstrating the product of -2 and 5!

For extra fun, imagine those red tiles as little angry emojis! The more angry emojis you stack together, the angrier the outcome — and in this case, it’s a big -10 frowning back at you.