How do you find the quotient #-9/10div3#?
1 Answer
Explaining it takes a lot longer than doing the maths.
Explanation:
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In the same way we have:
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Write the question as:
Invert the divisor (that which you are dividing by) and change divide to multiply.
This is the same as:
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A fraction consists of
You can not directly divide the counts unless the size indicators are the same.
Multiply by 1 and you do not change the overall value. However, 1 comes in many forms so you can change the way a value looks without changing its overall value.
Giving:
This gives the same answer as: