Question

What is the quotient of -5 and -1/2?

Answer 1

`10`

Explanation:

The word "quotient" comes to us from the Latin "quotiens", meaning "how many times?".

So the question is asking how many times does `-1/2` go into `-5`?

The answer is:

`(-5) -: (-1/2) = (-5) * (-2) = 10`