Insert the missing sign:
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Insert the missing sign:
Note that we are dividing a negative number by a negative number, therefore:
This means the final exercise looks like this:
Since we got a positive number, it must be greater than zero.
The answer is:
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What will be the sign of the result of the next exercise?
\( (-2)\cdot(-4)= \)
Think of division as "how many groups". When you remove negative groups from a negative amount, you're actually adding positive value! The negatives cancel out to make a positive result.
Same signs = positive and different signs = negative. So: + ÷ + = +, - ÷ - = +, but + ÷ - = - and - ÷ + = -.
That works too! , which is clearly greater than zero. Either method gets you the right comparison symbol.
No! For division to equal zero, the numerator must be zero. Since -95 ≠ 0, the result cannot equal zero.
The colon (:) is another way to write division, just like ÷. So means the same as .
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