Question

Which fraction equals to -9/16?
A. -3/4
B. 9/-16
C. 9/16
D. 3/4

Answer 1

@phi

Answer 2

any ideas?

Answer 3

I thought about the first one. But I am not too sure.

Answer 4

negative divided by positive is negative.
the answer has to be a negative

Answer 5

It's going to be negative, for one

Answer 6

that leaves out C and D

Answer 7

So if it is negative, then the sign cannot be in the denominator. It has to be in the numerator.

Answer 8

No, -(1/2) = (-1/2) = (1/-2)

Answer 9

the sign can be either place (but not both)
notice
-1/2 is - 1/2
and
1/-2 is - 1/2
all three ways mean the same number

Answer 10

That was what my teacher had said.

Answer 11

It doesn't matter so long as at least one number is negative

Answer 12

So is it B?

Answer 13

ask your teach what is
9 divided by -16 ?

Answer 14

If you want to show a negative fraction, then yes, it's common practice to put the negative number on the top or to the side, but you don't have to

Answer 15

or test with a calculator
type in -9/16 and compare that answer to 9 divided by -16
you will get the same number

Answer 16

Wait.... So this is basically seeing what quotients match right?

Answer 17

9 can be factored into 3*3
16 into 2*2*2*2
they have no common prime factors, so 9/16 cannot be simplified.
so yes , for this problem top and bottom have to be 9 and 16
and the sign can be put in 3 different places:
\[ \frac{-9}{16}, \frac{9}{-16} , - \frac{9}{16} \]

Answer 18

OKay thanks :) Gotta go bye

Answer 19

of course, they could have done this
- 18/32 (which simplifies to -9/16)
to trick you