Question

Given below is a positive rational number or not?
$\frac{-5}{-8}$

Answer 1

$\frac{-5}{-8}$ can also be written as $\frac{(-5\times (-1\left)\right)}{(-8\times (-1\left)\right)}=\frac{5}{8}$

So, this is rational number, and it is positive.

Hence, $\frac{-5}{-8}$ is a positive rational number.