Question

What is -4 + 3/2= ?

Answer 1

-4 + 3/2=

Exact Form:

-5/2

Decimal Form:

-2.5

Mixed Number Form:

-2  1/2

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{-5}{2}$, $-2\frac{1}{2}$, -2.5

Step-by-step explanation:

So what we want to do is get both of the numbers into the appropriate fraction. So we already have 2 as a fraction so lets just convert -4 into fraction form with a denominator as 2.

$-4+\frac{3}{2}$

-4 in fraction form is $\frac{-8}{2}$

We can determine that it is in the right fraction form as if you divide -8 by 2, you would get -4 as the answer so...

$-4 = \frac{-8}{2}$

Now rewrite the equation now

$\frac{-8}{2} + \frac{3}{2}$

Now simplify

-8 + 3 = -5

$\frac{-8}{2} + \frac{3}{2}$$= \frac{-5}{2}$

-5/2

This can be simplified to $-2\frac{1}{2}$

Or to the decimal form which is -2.5