Question

Celine was working on the following problem and can't seem to get the problem right. Choose the step where she made a mistake.

(-2×2-6) ÷2

Answer 1

- 5

Explanation:

Given

(- 2 × 2 - 6) ÷ 2

Evaluate the parenthesis performing the multiplication before subtracting.

= (- 4 - 6) ÷ 2

= - 10 ÷ 2

= - 5