divide -9 by 27 and write the answer as a simplified fraction

Answer 1

To divide -9 by 27, we simply divide the absolute values of the numbers and then determine the sign of the answer.

|-9| ÷ |27| = 9 ÷ 27 = 1/3

Since the negative sign only applies to -9 and not 27, the answer as a simplified fraction is -1/3.

Answer 2

11 divided by -4

Answer 3

To divide 11 by -4, we simply divide the absolute values of the numbers and then determine the sign of the answer.

|11| ÷ |-4| = 11 ÷ 4 = 2 remainder 3

The quotient is 2 with a remainder of 3.

Since we are dividing by a negative number, the quotient will be negative. Therefore, the answer as a simplified fraction is -2 3/4, or alternatively, -2.75.