UKMT Grey Kangaroo, 2020

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Kanga wants to multiply three different numbers from the following list: $-5, -3, -1, 2, 4, 6$ . What is the smallest result she could obtain?

(A) $-200$ (B) $-120$ (C) $-90$ (D) $-48$ (E) $-15$

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