1/3 is the ratio of cups of water to cups of flour as a fraction (simplified)
Rate tables are useful because it has something that stands for something else. For example,
So if you means 33-55=-22
-22/11=x
so when dividing by a negative, just divide as usual, but just make the answer negative so
-22/11=22/11 times -1/1=2 times -1=-2
the answer is -2