Question

The quotient of two rational numbers is positive. What can you conclude about the signs of the dividend and the divisor? That’s us my question it’s confusing please someone help meee I’m in grade 7

Answer 1

The divisor and dividend have the same signs.

Explanation:

Let's look at all of the possible outcomes of dividing with different signs.

Positive / positive = positive

Positive / negative = negative

Negative / positive = negative

Negative / negative = positive

We can see that whenever the signs are the same, the quotient is positive.