Integers, multiply and divideFactors to 12
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Divide. Remember what two negative signs make.
118 ÷ (−3) =
260 ÷ (−6) =
3−24 ÷ (−4) =
4−30 ÷ 5 =
5−33 ÷ 3 =
620 ÷ (−2) =
7−48 ÷ (−8) =
8−90 ÷ (−9) =
Dividing integers worksheets
Dividing signed numbers follows the same sign rule as multiplying, and a page of quotients shows whether a child knows the rule or only remembers it. These free printable worksheets ask only for divisions, every quotient is a whole number, and every question has a negative in it.
If they get stuck
Dividing integers
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Each division is a multiplication run backwards. 72 ÷ −12 asks what times −12 makes 72, and the answer has to be −6, because −6 × −12 is 72. Reading a division that way gives the sign rule for free: the quotient times the divisor has to land back on the number being divided, sign included. A child who is unsure can check every answer like that without the key.
Why this sheet works
Three patterns appear: a positive number divided by a negative, a negative divided by a positive, and a negative divided by a negative. Only the last gives a positive answer. The first is the one that catches children out — in 44 ÷ −11 the number they read first has no minus sign, and the answer is still negative.
How this one works
18 ÷ (-3)
18÷(-3)=?
18÷3=6
signs:18(-3)→minus
18÷(-3)=(-6)
- Two jobs: first the size, then the sign.
- Signs off: 18 ÷ 3 = 6.
- Now the sign. One number is negative and one is positive — different signs give a negative.
- Size 6, sign minus — so 18 ÷ (-3) = (-6).