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What is plus minus divide?

What is plus minus divide?

As division is the inverse of multiplication, the rules for division are the same as the rules for multiplication. So when multiplying and dividing positive and negative numbers remember this: If the signs are the same the answer is positive, if the signs are different the answer is negative.

Why minus into minus is equal to plus?

This is in fact the reason why the negative numbers were introduced: so that each positive number would have an additive inverse. The fact that the product of two negatives is a positive is therefore related to the fact that the inverse of the inverse of a positive number is that positive number back again.

What is negative divided by positive?

When you divide a negative number by a positive number, your answer is a negative number. As with multiplication, it doesn’t matter which order the positive and negative numbers are in, the answer is always a negative number. For example: -8 /2 = -4. And, the answer is still -4, when 8 is divided by -2.

Why does a minus divided into a minus equal a plus?

Since the denominator is also a negative value, you are negating the negation of the numerator. In other words you are reducing the loss. Therefore, the reduction of loss or negation results in a positive effect of the whole process. That is why the above equation equals to +2. It is similar to all numbers.

What does the minus sign mean in math?

Consider -2/-1. Here the minus sign indicates that you have lost that value or reduced by that amount. This is called negation. Since the denominator is also a negative value, you are negating the negation of the numerator. In other words you are reducing the loss.

How to do add minus subtract in Chinese?

Vocabulary: Add / Plus, Subtract / Minus, Multiply, Divide, Equal + Add/Plus 加 Jiā − Subtract/Minus 减 Jiǎn × Multiply/Times 乘 Chéng ÷ Divide Divide by 除, 除以 Chú, Chú yǐ = Equal 等于 Děngyú

Why do we get positive six with Minus and plus?

Because of the first negative sign, the operation is flipped to the other side once. For the second negative sign, this operation is flipped to the other side once again. As a result, the operation changes to its original direction which was positive. Hence we get positive six.

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