So if you can do expressions with rational numbers, what is the answer to -½+-0.5?

Which expression is equivalent to sq-80

Noor brought 21 sheets of stickers. she gave 1/3 of a sheet to each of the 45 students at recess. she wants to give teachers 1 1/2 sheets each.

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.