Understanding Division of Positive and Negative Numbers

Understanding Division of Positive and Negative Numbers

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Olivia Brooks

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The video tutorial explains how to divide positive and negative numbers, highlighting that the rules are similar to multiplication. It provides examples to illustrate that dividing a positive by a negative or vice versa results in a negative, while dividing two negatives results in a positive. The tutorial also covers compound problems involving both multiplication and division, and discusses special cases like division by zero, which is undefined.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result when you divide a positive number by a negative number?

Positive

Negative

Zero

Undefined

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If both numbers in a division are negative, what will the result be?

Negative

Positive

Zero

Undefined

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of 8 divided by -2?

-4

Undefined

4

0

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the sign of the result change when dividing -16 by 4?

It becomes positive

It becomes negative

It becomes zero

It remains undefined

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of dividing -30 by -5?

-6

6

0

Undefined

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a compound problem, what does the dot symbol represent?

Multiplication

Subtraction

Division

Addition

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of multiplying -2 by -7?

Undefined

-14

14

0

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