To represent the expression \(-14 \div -7\), we can use the following steps:
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Understand Division of Negative Numbers: The division of two negative numbers results in a positive number. Specifically, \(-a \div -b = \frac{a}{b}\).
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Apply the Division: For \(-14 \div -7\), we can rewrite it as \(\frac{14}{7} = 2\).
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Modeling with Addition: Although your initial expression seems to incorrectly try to represent it with subtraction, division can also be thought of in a conceptual way using groups:
- "-14" can represent a total of 14 units in the negative direction.
- To find out how many groups of \(-7\) fit into \(-14\), you can consider it as how many times you can take away \(-7\) from \(-14\).
Thus, the correct representation for \(-14 \div -7\) would be \(2\), or if you were attempting to do a conceptual representation using groups, think of it as asking how many \(-7\)s fit into \(-14\), which also leads to \(2\).
So, the answer is: \(-14 \div -7 = 2\).