when a negative divides a negative, is the answer negative or positive?

positive because negative times a negative is = positive and negative divided by a negative = positive

what is 0 divided by 0?

Good question! Note that 0/0 is the answer to the question “what number times 0 is 0?” Any number times 0 is always 0, so 0/0 can be anything! For this reason, 0/0 is called indeterminate. If you take calculus later on, you will encounter 0/0 frequently when solving limit problems. This means that the result is inconclusive, so more work is required to calculate the value of the limit or determine that the limit doesn’t exist. Have a blessed, wonderful day!

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If you multiply a negative,a positive and a zero is it going to be zero still?

Yes. Any value times 0 will equal 0. This is the multiplication property of 0.

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7th grade

Course: 7th grade > Unit 5

Lesson 2: Multiply & divide negative numbers

Dividing negative numbers review

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Review the basic of dividing negative numbers and try some practice problems.

Summary

Expression	Quotient	Example
positive divided by positive	positive	6, divided by, 2, equals, 3
negative divided by negative	positive	minus, 6, divided by, left parenthesis, minus, 2, right parenthesis, equals, 3
negative divided by positive	negative	minus, 6, divided by, 2, equals, minus, 3
positive divided by negative	negative	6, divided by, left parenthesis, minus, 2, right parenthesis, equals, minus, 3

Want to learn more about dividing negative numbers? Check out this video.

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Divide.

minus, 40, divided by, 8, equals

Want to try some more dividing negative numbers problems? Check out this exercise.

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