Solve -4/6+-6/6

$$\frac { - 4 } { 6 } + \frac { - 6 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{3}\approx -1.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{-4}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{2}{3}+\frac{-6}{6}$$

Divide -6 by 6 to get -1.

$$-\frac{2}{3}-1$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{3}{3}.

$$-\frac{2}{3}-\frac{3}{3}$$

Since -\frac{2}{3} and \frac{3}{3} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-2-3}{3}$$

Subtract 3 from -2 to get -5.

$$-\frac{5}{3}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{3} = -1\frac{2}{3} = -1.6666666666666667$$