Exercise 1 (answers on page 40)

Multiply these fractions. Cancel and simplify if possible.

1 2 1 4 3 10
1. 2. 3.
8 3 2 5 5 11

8 3 7 2 3 5
4. 5. 6.
9 4 10 21 4 7

5 7 1 5
7. 8. 6 9. 9
9 8 3 9

1 1 15 8
10. 10 11. 12 12.
2 3 16 10

7 12 6 1 5 3
13. 14. 15.
8 13 9 3 10 4

16 23 5 20 9 50
16. 17. 18.
17 24 16 30 10 100

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Exercise 2 (answers on page 41)
Find the number that belongs in the space by building or reducing equivalent
fractions.
1 2 5
1) 2) 3)
2 10 3 15 6 12

3 2 5
4) 5) 6)
4 12 5 20 7 21

3 6 8
7) 8) 9)
6 2 8 4 10 5

12 5 7
10) 11) 12)
24 2 30 6 14 2

2 7 10
13) 14) 15)
7 35 42 6 15 3

1 1 20
16) 17) 18)
8 24 3 24 22 11

21 17 10
19) 20) 21)
42 2 51 3 30 3

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Exercise 3 (answers on page 41)
Simplify the following fractions. Reduce if possible.
6 5 7
1) = 2) = 3) =
5 4 3

10 4 6
4) = 5) = 6) =
6 2 4

15 20 19
7) = 8) = 9) =
3 12 4

23 18 17
10) = 11) = 12) =
5 3 5

37 28 47
13) = 14) = 15) =
9 8 9

106 17 140
16) = 17) = 18) =
4 2 20

162 38 52
19) = 20) = 21) =
10 5 3

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 Exercise 4 (answers on page 41)
Add or subtract the following fractions. Simplify and reduce when possible.
2 3 9 1 1 3
1) 2) 3)
7 7 14 14 6 6

3 1 2 1 4 1
4) 5) 6)
5 4 3 2 5 2

2 3 5 3 7 2
7) 8) 9)
4 6 6 8 9 3

3 1 3 1 7 2
10) 11) 12)
4 2 5 3 8 3

5 1 9 1 11 5
13) 14) 15)
12 4 11 2 12 6

1 1 5 1 9 1
16) 17) 18)
2 3 6 4 10 3

8 1 14 1 4 3
19) 20) 21)
20 5 15 6 7 8

6 1 8 2 12 5
22) 23) 24)
12 2 9 3 16 8

3 1 4 6 2 2
25) 26) 27)
7 6 5 10 13 3

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