Determine the Sign: Solving -4/-0.4 ÷ -1.7 Step by Step

We will only look at whether the number is negative or positive.

In other words, the division exercise looks like this:

$\frac{-}{-}:-=$

If we solve the exercise from left to right, we will first divide the numerator of the negative fraction by the denominator of the negative fraction.

Therefore, the resulting fraction will be positive:

$\frac{-}{-}=+$

Now the remaining exercise will look like this:

$+:-=-$

Therefore, the sign of the exercise result will be negative.