Hint 3

5
If the 2 numbers of the fraction end in 0 and/or 5, you can divide by .
5
45 45 5 9
70 70 5 14

Hint 4
If both numbers end in zeros, you can cancel the zeros in pairs, one from the
10
top and one from the bottom. This is the same as dividing them by for each
10
cancelled pair.

4000 4000 4 4 2 2
50000 50000 50 50 2 25

Hint 5
2 3 5
If you have tried to cut the fraction by , , and gotten nowhere, you
2 3 5
should try to see if the top number divides into the bottom one evenly. For
23
, none of the other hints help here, but 69 23 = 3. This means you can
69
23 23 23 23 1
reduce by .
23 69 69 23 3

For more help on reducing fractions, see page 13

Exercise 4 (answers on page 39)

Directions: Reduce these fractions to lowest terms
14 80 18 400
1. 2. 3. 4.
18 100 36 5000

20 27 40 63
5. 6. 7. 8.
25 36 45 81

9 60 17 50
9. 10. 11. 12.
12 85 51 75

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Another way to order fractions is to find common denominators for all the
fractions; build up the fractions; then compare the top numbers (numerators)
of all the fractions.

Look at the following example:

Ex. Order the following fractions from smallest to largest

5 3 2
, ,
6 5 3

The fractions will be rewritten with common denominators. This process is called
building. Once the denominators change, then the numerators will change by the same
amount.

3 3 6 18 2 2 10 20 5 5 5 25
, ,
5 5 6 30 3 3 10 30 6 6 5 30

By looking at the top numbers, the order of these fractions is:

3 2 5
, ,
5 3 6

Exercise A (answers on page 42)

Order these fractions from SMALLEST to largest.
3 3 2
1. , ,
4 7 3

1 3 3
2. , ,
7 14 28

Exercise B (answers on page 42)

Order these fractions from LARGEST to smallest.
8 3 13
1. , ,
11 4 22

7 35 5
2. , ,
8 64 16

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Exercise 1 (answers on page 40)
Multiply these fractions. Cancel and simplify if possible.
1 2
/ 1 4 3 10
1. +

12 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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Multiplying Mixed Numbers
Change mixed numbers into improper fractions then multiply as before.
5
1 1 5 10 25 1
Ex. 1: 2 3 8
2 3 12 3 3 3
Change the mixed numbers to improper fractions by:
1) multiplying the bottom number by the whole number
1 2 2 1 4 1 5
2 2) add the top number
2 2 2 2
1 2 2 1 4 1 5 3) keep the bottom number.
2
Cancel
2 top2 and bottom.
2 2 Multiply. Improper fractions simplify by dividing.
3
1 17 6 51 1
Ex.2: 4 6 25 Change the mixed number into an improper
4 24 1 2 2
fraction. Change the whole number into an improper fraction. Cancel. Multiply.
Simplify to get the quotient.
Exercise 2 (answers on page 40)
Multiply these fractions. Cancel and simplify if necessary.
1 3 1 2 1 7
1. 1 1 2. 2 5 3. 4 1
2 4 3 5 3 8

1 1 1 7 5 14
4. 2 5. 3 6. 5
2 8 4 8 7 15

3 4 2
7. 7 1 8. 2 5 9. 6 9
8 5 3

8 5 1 2 1 1
10. 1 1 11. 7 8 12. 1 9
9 6 7 5 7 3

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Dividing Fractions
When dividing fractions, invert (turn over) the fraction to the right of the
(“divide by”) symbol. Cancel (if possible) then multiply.
2
1 3 1 4 2
Ex. 1:
2 4 2 3 3
1

3 3 5 3 1 3
Ex. 2: 5
5 5 1 5 5 25

Exercise 3 (answers on page 40)

Divide these fractions. Cancel if necessary and simplify
2 5 9 1 3 1
1. 2. 3.
3 6 10 2 4 4

9 7 2 1 1 3
4. 5. 6.
11 22 5 6 2 4

7 1 1 1 5 15
7. 8. 9.
8 4 5 6 8 16

15 5 7 3 8 9
10. 11. 12.
16 8 12 4 9 8

3 1 3
13. 2 14. 6 15. 4
8 2 4

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Dividing Mixed Number Fractions
When dividing mixed numbers, change the mixed numbers to improper
fractions, invert the fraction on the right of the symbol, cancel if possible,
multiply then simplify.
1 1 5 4 5 3 15 7
Ex. 1: 2 1 1
2 3 2 3 2 4 8 8
3
1 9 6 9 1 3
Ex. 2: 4 6
2 2 1 2 6 4
2

Exercise 4 (answers on page 40)

Divide the following mixed numbers. Cancel and simplify when possible.
3 1 1 1 2 9
1. 2 1 2. 3 1 3. 5 1
4 8 2 8 5 10

3 1 4 1 1 5
4. 2 5. 6 6. 8
4 3 5 2 3 6

5 6 7
7. 8 1 8. 3 2 9. 5 4
6 7 8

3 3 1 1 2 1
10. 3 3 11. 2 1 12. 16 13
7 7 2 2 3 6

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Ex. 2:
1 1
5 6
Step 1: 6 is the largest denominator
Step 2: 6 divided by 5 has a remainder.
Multiply 6 x 2 = 12.
12 divided by 5 has a remainder
6 x 3 = 18.
18 divided by 5 has a remainder
6 x 4 = 24
24 divided by 5 has a remainder
6 x 5 = 30
30 divided by 5 has NO remainder, therefore 30 is the LCD!
Note: You may have noticed that multiplying the denominators together also gets the LCD. This
method will always get a common denominator but it may not get a lowest common denominator.

Exercise 1 (answers on page 41)

Using the previously shown method, write just the LCD for the following sets
of fractions (Do Not Solve)
1 1 2 2 5 1
1) , 2) , 3) ,
2 3 5 3 8 2

1 1 1 2 4 1
4) , 5) , 6) ,
4 3 7 5 9 3

3 1 7 3 3 2
7) , 8) , 9) ,
4 2 8 5 10 3

13 4 1 2 5 3 5 7
10) , 11) , , 12) , ,
15 5 2 3 6 4 8 16

3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
13) , , 14) , , 15) , ,
8 6 3 7 2 3 8 5 3

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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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Exercise 5 (answers on page 41)
Add or subtract the following mixed numbers. Simplify and reduce when possible.
4 1 2 3 5 11
1) 8 8 = 2) 1 = 3) 16 =
5 10 3 7 8 12

4 2 11 11 2 1
4) 3 6 5 = 5) 1 = 6) 4 1=
5 3 15 12 3 8

1 1 1 1 2 1
7) 5 2 = 8) 14 2 = 9) 7 1 =
6 3 2 8 5 5

2 1 1 2 4 6
10) 2 = 11) 12 8 = 12) 4 3 =
3 4 7 3 7 7

5 1 1 1
13) 16 2 = 14) 14 2 = 15) 146 8 =
6 3 9 5

5 10 7 3
16) 5 = 17) 6 4 = 18) 11 5=
6 12 8 5

2 4 2 3
19) 7= 20) 2 1 = 21) 100 4 =
3 8 3 8

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 Exercise 6 (answers on page 41)
Solve the following add/subtract fraction word problems
3 7
1. Find the total width of 3 boards that 1 inches wide, inch
4 8
1
wide, and 1 inches wide.
2

5 3
2. A 7.15H tire is 6 inches wide and a 7.15C tire is 4 inches
8 4
wide. What is the difference in their widths?

1
3. A patient is given 1 teaspoons of medicine in the morning and
2
1
2 teaspoons at night. How many teaspoons total does the
4
patient receive daily?

1 1
4. 3 feet are cut off a board that is 12 feet long. How long is
3 4
the remaining part of the board?
8
:. = 0.0086
3 1
5. of the corn in the U.S. is grown in Iowa. of it is grown in
8 4
Nebraska. How much of the corn supply is grown in the two
states?

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 1 1 2
6. A runner jogs 7 miles east, 5 miles south, and 8 miles west.
5 4 3
How far has she jogged?

1 1
7. If 3 ounce of cough syrup is used from a 9 ounce bottle, how
2 4
much is left?

1
8. I set a goal to drink 64 ounces of water a day. If I drink 10
3
1 5
ounces in the morning, 15 ounces at noon, and 20 ounces at
2 6
dinner, how many more ounces of water do I have to drink to
reach my goal for the day?

9. Three sides of parking lot are measured to the following lengths:

1 3 1
108 feet, 162 feet, and 143 feet. If the distance around the
4 8 2
15
lot is 518 feet, find the fourth side.
16

10. Gabriel wants to make five banners for the parade. He has 75
1
feet of material. The size of four of the banners are: 12 ft.,
3
1 3 1
16 ft., 11 ft., and 14 ft. How much material is left for the
6 4 2
fifth banner?

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