Solve Integer Division: -19 ÷ -76 Step by Step

Question

$-19:-76=\text{ ?}$

00:00 Solve

00:03 Let's write division as a fraction

00:11 Negative divided by negative always equals positive

00:22 Let's break down 76 into factors 19 and 4

00:27 Let's reduce what we can

00:31 And this is the solution to the question

First, let's rewrite the exercise in the form of a simple fraction:

$\frac{-19}{-76}=$

Since we have negative numbers in both the numerator and denominator of the fraction, the result of the fraction must be positive.

Now let's break down the 76 into a multiplication exercise:

$\frac{19}{19\times4}=$

We can then cancel out the 19s in the numerator and denominator of the fraction and get:

$+4$

$+\frac{1}{4}$