Question

Write five pairs of integers (a, b) such that a ÷ b = –3.
Example: (6, –2) because 6 ÷ (–2) = (–3).

Answer 1

We need to find 5 pairs of integers such that their division yields -3

We know that we can get a negative quotient when we divide numbers having unequal signs.

Therefore, we find numbers which have a quotient of 3 when divided, and reverse the signs to obtain another pair of integers.

1) From the given examples, we can obtain first pair(-6, 2) by reversing the signs.

2) 12 when divided by 4 gives 3. Therefore, we obtain another pair (12, -4) and (-12, 4).

3) 15 when divided by 5 gives 3. We thus obtain our final pair (15,-5) and (-15, 5)