Pre-Algebra Examples

$| 10 | \div 2 \div (- 1)$

Step 1

Rewrite the division as a fraction.

$\frac{| 10 | \div 2}{- 1}$

Step 2

Move the negative one from the denominator of $\frac{| 10 | \div 2}{- 1}$ .

$- 1 \cdot | 10 | \div 2$

Step 3

Rewrite $- 1 \cdot | 10 | \div 2$ as $- | 10 | \div 2$ .

$- | 10 | \div 2$

Step 4

Rewrite the division as a fraction.

$- \frac{| 10 |}{2}$

Step 5

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $10$ is $10$ .

$- \frac{10}{2}$

Step 6

Divide $10$ by $2$ .

$- 1 \cdot 5$

Step 7

Multiply $- 1$ by $5$ .

$- 5$