Answer
-.417
Work Step by Step
We can write a fraction as a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator.
$\frac{-5}{12}=-5\div12=-.416666...$
In this case, the 6 repeats after the thousandths digit, so we can write $-\frac{5}{12}$ as -.417 (as the 6 rounds up to 7).
