Examples with solutions for Multiplication and Division of Signed Mumbers: Complete the missing numbers

Exercise #1

-73:?<0

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Let's pay attention to the exercise on the left side of the page in terms of the plus and minus signs.

The exercise looks like this:

:?= -:\text{?}=

In other words, we need to divide by a number that will give us a result smaller than 0, therefore:

:+= -:+=-

- < 0

So the answer is +4 +4

Answer

+4 +4

Exercise #2

-45:?<0

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Let's pay attention to the exercise on the left side of the page in terms of the plus and minus signs.

The exercise looks like this:

:?= -:\text{?}=

Our result needs to be less than zero, and therefore we need a positive number in order to get a negative result.

Therefore:

:+= -:+=-

- < 0

So the answer is +78 +78

Answer

+78 +78

Exercise #3

-12:-\frac{1}{4}:?>0

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Answer

+35 +35

Exercise #4

-2:-1947:?>0

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Answer

+3.3 +3.3

Exercise #5

-12:-8:?>0

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Answer

+190 +\frac{1}{90}

Exercise #6

?:+39:+409<0

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Answer

98 -98

Exercise #7

-53:?:+3>0

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Answer

14 -\frac{1}{4}

Exercise #8

+2:?:+12<0

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Answer

40 -40