Evaluate 2*(-2^2)

$2 \cdot (- 2^{2})$

Multiply $2$ by $2^{2}$ by adding the exponents.

Move $2^{2}$ .

$2^{2} \cdot 2 \cdot - 1$

Multiply $2^{2}$ by $2$ .

Raise $2$ to the power of $1$ .

$2^{2} \cdot 2^{1} \cdot - 1$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$2^{2 + 1} \cdot - 1$

Add $2$ and $1$ .

$2^{3} \cdot - 1$

Raise $2$ to the power of $3$ .

$8 \cdot - 1$

Multiply $8$ by $- 1$ .

$- 8$