Solve (3¼) ÷ (⅖): Determining the Sign of Mixed Number Division

Question

Determine the resulting sign from the following exercise:

$(+3\frac{1}{4}):(+\frac{2}{5})$

00:00 Find the result sign

00:03 Let's find what sign each number has

00:07 Positive divided by positive is always positive

00:10 And this is the solution to the question

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

In other words, the division exercise looks like this:

$+:+=$

Since we are dividing a positive number by a positive number, our result must be positive.