[Positive 5 or negative 5 depending on if your using PEMDAS] -5 if your doing PEMDAS Cuz You do division first -12/-4=3 Cuz a negative divided by a negative is positive Then add 3 to -8 and that’s -5 since the 8 is negative and the three is positive we’re subtracting 3 from -8
But if your NOT doing PEMDAS then the answer is a positive 5 [-8+ (-12)= -20/-4= 5]
The term is less than. Think about it this way next time, the mouth is open to the bigger number because it wants to eat the bigger number. So the number facing the tail is always less than.
