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Why does the inequality sign change when both sides are mutiplied or divided by a negative number?

April 26, 2017divided inequality Mathematics negative

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Why does the inequality sign change when both sides are mutiplied or divided by a negative number?

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Because a larger negative number is less than a smaller negative number, but a larger positive number is greater than a smaller positive number. Confirm this rule by writing a true inequality with integers.