Integer Division

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Problem: Mrs. Jenson owes $8,000 on her car loan. Each of her 4 children is willing to pay an equal share of this loan. Using integers, determine how much money each of her children will pay. Solution: Owing $8,000 can be represented by -8,000. We must divide -8,000 by 4 in order to solve this problem. However, we need rules for dividing integers in order to continue. Rule 1: The quotient of a positive integer and a negative integer is a negative integer. Rule 2: The quotient of two negative integers or two positive integers is a positive integer. We can now use Rule 1 to solve the problem above arithmetically: -8,000 +4 = -2,000. Each of Mrs. Jenson's four children will pay $2,000. Let's look at some more examples of dividing integers using the above rules.

Example 1:

Find the quotient of each pair of integers.

Dividing Integers
Integers
+24 +24 -24 -24

Quotient
+2 -2 -2 +2

Rule Used Rule 2 Rule 1 Rule 1 Rule 2

+12 = -12 = +12 = -12 =

Example 2:

Find the quotient of each pair of integers.

Dividing Integers
Integers
+27 +27 -27 -27

Quotient
+9 -9 -9 +9

Rule Used Rule 2 Rule 1 Rule 1 Rule 2

+3

-3 = +3 = -3 =

Example 3:

Find the quotient of each pair of integers.

Dividing Integers
Integers
+99 +80 -72 -91

Quotient
+9 -5 -6 +7

Rule Used Rule 2 Rule 1 Rule 1 Rule 2

+11 = -16 = +12 = -13 =

Summary: The quotient of a positive integer and a negative integer is a negative integer, and the quotient of two negative integers or two positive integers is a positive integer.

Exercises
Directions: Read each question below. Click once in an ANSWER BOX and type in your answer; then click ENTER. After you click ENTER, a message will appear in the RESULTS BOX to indicate whether your answer is correct or incorrect. To start over, click CLEAR. 1. -81 +3 = ? ANSWER BOX:

ENTER CLEAR

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2. -150 -6 = ? ANSWER BOX:

ENTER CLEAR

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3. +96 -16 = ? ANSWER BOX:

ENTER CLEAR

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4. +102 +34 = ? ANSWER BOX:

ENTER CLEAR

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5. -144 +12 = ? ANSWER BOX:

ENTER CLEAR

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