Understanding Division of Positive and Negative Numbers

The video tutorial explains how to divide positive and negative numbers, highlighting that the rules are similar to multiplication. It provides examples to illustrate that dividing a positive by a negative or vice versa results in a negative, while dividing two negatives results in a positive. The tutorial also covers compound problems involving both multiplication and division, and discusses special cases like division by zero, which is undefined.

What is the result when you divide a positive number by a negative number?

• Positive

• Negative

• Zero

• Undefined

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If both numbers in a division are negative, what will the result be?

• Negative

• Positive

• Zero

• Undefined

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What is the result of 8 divided by -2?

• -4

• Undefined

• 4

• 0

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How does the sign of the result change when dividing -16 by 4?

• It becomes positive

• It becomes negative

• It becomes zero

• It remains undefined

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What is the result of dividing -30 by -5?

• -6

• 6

• 0

• Undefined

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In a compound problem, what does the dot symbol represent?

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Division

• Addition

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What is the result of multiplying -2 by -7?

• Undefined

• -14

• 14

• 0

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What happens when you divide zero by a non-zero number?

• The result is negative

• The result is zero

• The result is undefined

• The result is positive

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What is the result of dividing a number by zero?

• Zero

• Positive

• Undefined

• Negative

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What is the result of zero divided by zero?

• Negative

• Zero

• Undefined

• Positive

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