Is a Negative Divided by a Positive a Negative?
When learners first encounter operations with signed numbers, one of the most common questions that arises is whether a negative divided by a positive yields a negative result. That said, the short answer is yes: in standard arithmetic, dividing a negative number by a positive number always produces a negative quotient. This rule is not arbitrary; it follows logically from the properties of numbers, the definition of division as the inverse of multiplication, and the consistent structure of the number system.
