how to convert -20 divided by 3 into a decimal

Question

im confused on how to solve it 

Answer 1

Remember long division?

 

     

      6   

   ____

3 | 20

     18

     ____

        2

 

 

You will have a mixed number.  The quotient represents the whole number, the remainder represents the numerator, and we divisor becomes the denominator.  Remember, we are dividing a negative by positive.  I left the negative sign out in the division process to keep you from being confused.  So our mixed number is

 

 

-6  2/3

 

                                       _

We know that 2/3 is 0.667.  So you decimal is

       _

-6.667