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A negative times a positive is always negative. Similarly, a positive divided by a negative is negative.
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Positive divided by negative equals a negative result. This is because division can be thought of as distributing a positive quantity into negative groups. Therefore, when you divide a positive number by a negative number, the outcome is always negative. For example, 10 divided by -2 equals -5.
A negative divided by a positive is negative. An example is -2/6= -3
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yes example: -10 / 5 = -2
When a negative integer is divided by a positive integer, the resulting quotient will always be negative. This is because the division of a negative number by a positive number follows the rule that a negative divided by a positive yields a negative result. For example, dividing -10 by 2 results in -5.
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Yes, when a positive is divided by a negative, it is negative. ex: 4/-2 would equal -2. It takes two negatives to make a positive in math when you are multiplying or dividing.
The answer is 2. However, if you did 256 divided by positive 32 divided by positive 4, you would get the same answer. Just as a negative times a negative equals a positive, so does a negative divided by a negative.
A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4A positive number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a negative result.A negative number times (or divided by) a negative number gives a positive result.Thus, for example:8 / (-2) = -4(-8) / (-2) = 4
The best way to figure this out would be to use an example. So suppose you had a -20 and divided that by a positive 5. That would give you a -4. Take that -4 and divide it by a -2 which would give you a positive 2 (knowing that two negative numbers cancel out to make a positive number). Thus a negative divided by a positive divided by a negative would give you a positive number.