Solve -5+8div12*-6--3

$$-5+8 \div 12 \times -6--3$$

Evaluate

$$-6$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$-5+\frac{2}{3}\left(-6\right)-\left(-3\right)$$

Express \frac{2}{3}\left(-6\right) as a single fraction.

$$-5+\frac{2\left(-6\right)}{3}-\left(-3\right)$$

Multiply 2 and -6 to get -12.

$$-5+\frac{-12}{3}-\left(-3\right)$$

Divide -12 by 3 to get -4.

$$-5-4-\left(-3\right)$$

Subtract 4 from -5 to get -9.

$$-9-\left(-3\right)$$

The opposite of -3 is 3.

$$-9+3$$

Add -9 and 3 to get -6.

$$-6$$

Factor

$$-6$$