Negative 500 divided by negative 50

Based on rule of signs the answer is: 10

-500 divided by -50 is ten. When dividing or multiplying a negative by a negative, the answer is always positive.

Positive ×/÷ Positive = Positive
Negative ×/÷ Negative = Positive
Positive ×/÷ Negative = Negative

If it helps, remove excess zeroes from the problem. You can remove zeroes when both the number you are dividing (dividend) and the number you are dividing by (divisor) have zeroes in them. You can take out as many zeroes as the number with the least zeroes has. For instance, in this problem, -500 has two zeroes, but -50 only has one, so we can only take out one zero.

-500 ÷ -50   Original Problem
-50 ÷ -5   Take one zero out of each number
10   Since 50 divided by 5 is 10, 500 divided by 50 is ten

Therefore, -500 ÷ -50 = 10.

Hope this helps!