-What is the square of 2? What is the square of (- 2)? Is the square of a negative number negative as long as there are no brackets?

-What is the square of 2? What is the square of (- 2)? Is the square of a negative number negative as long as there are no brackets?


-The square of 2 is - 4. The square of (- 2) is 4. Yes



What does it mean to put a bracket next to a negative number


Negative numbers in brackets are the same as usual
But in some calculations, it's not the same with or without brackets
For example, - 2 ^ 2 and (- 2) ^ 2 have different results
The former is - 4, the latter is 4



Why should negative numbers be bracketed in operation


If negative is at the top, do not bracket it