Fred got a score of 84 on the test. Write a division sentence using negative number where the quotient represents the number of questions Fred answered incorrectly.
Sure, here's a division sentence using negative numbers:
"Fred got a score of -84 on the test, which means he answered (-84) ÷ (-1) = 84 questions incorrectly."
Remember, negative divided by negative is a positive quotient!
To write a division sentence using negative numbers to represent the number of questions Fred answered incorrectly, we need to know the number of questions on the test. Let's assume there were 100 questions.
The division sentence would be:
-84 ÷ 100 = -0.84
The negative quotient of -0.84 represents the number of questions Fred answered incorrectly.
To write a division sentence using negative numbers where the quotient represents the number of questions Fred answered incorrectly, we can subtract the score from the total possible score.
Let's assume the total possible score on the test is 100. Therefore, the division sentence would be:
Total possible score - Fred's score = Number of questions Fred answered incorrectly
100 - 84 = -16
So the division sentence using negative numbers would be:
-16 ÷ -1 = 16
This means that Fred answered 16 questions incorrectly.