Is a negative number divided by a positive number is Positive or a negative?

Answer 1

The answer is negative, no matter what.

so.... if you had an equation like........

-4/2=x

x =-2

Basically, if you can't think of what the answer would be, try it with the opposite sign. For example, -4/2=x could be turned into (x)(2) = -4. In this case, the negative is missing, so you would need to put it in. So if a negative number multiplied by a positive number is negative, the opposite must be true: A negative number divided by a positive number gives a negative answer.

here is a song that will help with any complication with adding and subtracting negative numbers that my pre-algebra teacher taught me......(thanks Ms.Zachary!)

Same sign add and keep,

different sign subtract.

Take the sign of the larger one,

and then you'll be exact.