Question

What is the quotient of 18 divided by -3?

Answer 1

Hint: This is a simple division process. The dividend here is 18 and the divisor is 3. We will divide 18 by 3.Only the thing is we will shift the minus sign from the denominator to numerator because in standard division the sign is not given to the denominator.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Given is, quotient of 18 divided by -3
First let's write this in the form of division,
\[18 \div - 3\]
Now standardise it,
\[ = \dfrac{{ - 18}}{3}\]
Now we will find is 18 a multiple of 3 or not?
Yes \[3 \times 6 = 18\]. Thus we can divide it and ensure the remainder is 0.
But here we need to find the quotient. Now quotient is the number which gives a number smaller to dividend or equal to it on multiplying with the divisor.
Thus the quotient is 6.
Thus we can say that, \[dividend = divisor \times quotient + remainder\]
So, the correct answer is “6”.

Note: Note that quotient is a natural number or decimal number but it is never zero. In case of decimal sometimes the remainder is not zero or it may take a recurring form. But if the quotient is a natural number then the remainder is zero generally!