Year 8 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Division of Integers

Division Involving Two Positive Integers

This suggests that:

Division involving two positive integers results in a positive answer.

Example 13

Find the value of:

Solution:

Division Involving Two Negative Integers

This suggests that:

Division involving two negative integers results in a positive answer.

Example 14

Find the value of:

Solution:

Division Involving a Positive Integer and a Negative Integer

This suggests that:

Division involving a positive integer and a negative integer results in a negative answer.

Example 15

Find the value of:

Solution:

Just to recap the foregoing discussion:

• Division involving two numbers with like (i.e. the same) signs always results in a positive answer.
• Division involving two numbers with unlike (i.e. different) signs always results in a negative answer.