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How would you work out -24 divided by -6?

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Abel Hammes


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Harry G

Two negatives make a positive. Dividing a negative number by another negative number, therefore, equals a positive number. The same holds for multiplication.


How would you work out -24 divided by -6?


Applying the rule above:


-24/-6

= 24/6

= 4/1

= 4

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