Question

Which of the following quotients are negative? Check all that apply. 1: 2.2 ÷ 9.5 2:–0.5 ÷ 0.021 3: –1.3 ÷ –54.321 0.4 ÷ –0.4 4:

Answer 1

–0.5 ÷ 0.021 and 0.4 ÷ –0.4

Explanation:

just did it

Answer 2

We can already tell if a quotient is negative if the divisor or the dividend is a negative number. (Only 1 negative number and 1 positive number, because if there are two negative numbers then the outcome will be a positive.)

Question 4 has one negative number in it so it's already visible that the quotient is already negative. And if we did divide it the answer will be -1.

Question 3 has two negative numbers so we know that the outcome is a positive number. If solve the quotient is 0.023931813 which is clearly not a negative number.

Question 2 has one negative number so the answer will be negative. The quotient will be -23.80952381, which is clearly a negative number.

Question 1 doesn't have any negative numbers so the outcome will also be a positive number. The quotient for question 1 is 0.231578947.

So questions 2 and 4 both have negative quotients. While, questions 1 and 3 have positive quotients.