1.2E: Exercises
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Simplify the following:
- \(−\dfrac{108}{63}\)
- \(\dfrac{120}{252}\)
- \(\dfrac{14}{21}\)
- \(−\dfrac{210}{110}\)
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- \(−\dfrac{12}{7}\)
- \(\dfrac{10}{21}\)
- \(\dfrac{2}{3}\)
- \(−\dfrac{21}{11}\)
Perform the operation:
- \(−\dfrac{3}{4}\left(−\dfrac{4}{9}\right)\)
- \(\left(−\dfrac{14}{15}\right)\left(\dfrac{9}{20}\right)\)
- \(\left(−\dfrac{63}{84}\right)\left(−\dfrac{44}{90}\right)\)
- \(\dfrac{3}{7}⋅21\)
- \(\dfrac{3}{4}÷\dfrac{1}{11}\)
- \(\dfrac{5}{18}÷\left(−\dfrac{15}{24}\right)\)
- \(\dfrac{8}{15}÷\dfrac{12}{25}\)
- \(\dfrac{3}{4}÷(−12)\)
- \(−\dfrac{\dfrac{8}{21} }{\dfrac{12}{35}}\)
- \(−\dfrac{\dfrac{4}{5}}{2}\)
- \(\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{3}}{\dfrac{1}{2}}\)
- Answer
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- \(\dfrac{1}{3}\)
- \(−\dfrac{21}{50}\)
- \(\dfrac{11}{30}\)
- \(9\)
- \(\dfrac{33}{4}\)
- \(−\dfrac{4}{9}\)
- \(\dfrac{10}{9}\)
- \(−\dfrac{1}{16}\)
- \(−\dfrac{10}{9}\)
- \(−\dfrac{2}{5}\)
- \(\dfrac{2}{3}\)
- \(\dfrac{7}{12}+\dfrac{5}{8}\)
- \(\dfrac{7}{12}−\dfrac{9}{16}\)
- \(−\dfrac{13}{30}+\dfrac{25}{42}\)
- \(−\dfrac{39}{56}−\dfrac{22}{35}\)
- \(−\dfrac{2}{3}−\left(−\dfrac{3}{4}\right)\)
- \(\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{4}\)
- \(\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{1}{6}\)
- Answer
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- \(\dfrac{29}{24}\)
- \(\dfrac{1}{48}\)
- \(\dfrac{17}{105}\)
- \(−\dfrac{53}{40}\)
- \(\dfrac{1}{12}\)
- \(\dfrac{7}{12}\)
- \(\dfrac{5}{6}\)
Simplify
- \(\dfrac{5⋅6−3⋅4}{4⋅5−2⋅3}\)
- \(\dfrac{5^2−3^2}{3−5}\)
- \(\dfrac{7⋅4−2(8−5)}{9⋅3−3⋅5}\)
- \(\dfrac{9(8−2)−3(15−7)}{6(7−1)−3(17−9)}\)
- \(\dfrac{2}{\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{5}}\)
- Answer
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- \(\dfrac{9}{7}\)
- \(−8\)
- \(\dfrac{11}{6}\)
- \(\dfrac{5}{2}\)
- \(\dfrac{15}{4}\)
- Why do you need a common denominator to add or subtract fractions? Explain.
- How do you find the LCD of 2 fractions?
- Explain how you find the reciprocal of a fraction.
- Explain how you find the reciprocal of a negative number.
- Answer
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Answers will vary.