Subtracting Fractions

Directions: Use your knowledge of subtracting fractions to answer the questions below.
Write your answers in simplest form.

1. 5 - 1 2. 7 - 3
6 3 8 8

3. 5 - 3 4. 3 - 1
4 4 5 5

5. 9 - 7 6. 4 - 2
10 10 9 9

7. 7 - 1 8. 5 - 1
12 4 8 2

9. 11 - 4 10. 13 - 5
15 15 18 9

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 Subtracting Fractions

11. 5 - 1 12. 3 - 2
6 4 5 7

13. 7 - 4 14. 5 - 3
9 11 8 10

15. 9 - 5 16. 3 1 - 1 3
16 12 2 4

1 5
17. 5 2 - 2 1 18. 4 - 1
3 3 4 6

19. 7 3 - 4 2 20. 6 1 - 2 3
5 5 2 4

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 Eighth Grade Math
Beginning of the Year Assessment
Directions: Simplify each expression.

1. -7 - 8 6. 8 ∙ -11 11. 5 (-4)

6

8 1
2. -2 + 19 7. 51 12. -
-17 9 2

3. 5 - 17 8. -|-3| 13. (-2)²

4. -1 - (-5) 9. |-41| 14. 15²

2 5
5. -2 ∙ -15 10. + 15. (-5)³
3 7

Directions: Use <, >, or = to compare each set of numbers.

16. -1.7 4
5

17. |-8| -|-9|

18. 4 20
5 25

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 Eighth Grade Math
Beginning of the Year Assessment
Directions: Rewrite each expression using the distributive property.

19. -7(7x-5) 20. 2 (15x +6) 21. - 1 (4x-8)

3 4

Directions: Solve each equation.

22. 6x - 9 = 27 24. 7 + x = 99 26. 2(2x-8) = 24

x
23. = -13 25. 9 - 3x = 42 27. 2 (18x - 9) = 42
3 3

Directions: Complete the table to write each number Directions: Plot and label each
as a fraction, decimal, and percent. point on the graph.

Fraction Decimal Percent A. (3, -5)

B. (0, 2)
1 C. (-3, -6)
8 D. (4, 1)
y
6

2
0.8 1

-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6
x
-1

-2

-3

-4
13%
-5

-6

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Solving Multi-Step Equations
Penguin Facts Crack the Code
Directions: Solve each equation below. Match your answer to the blank
spaces at the bottom of the next page. Write the corresponding letter
above the blank to crack the code and reveal the penguin fact!

U R
x+4
5x - 4 = 26 2 =3

G L

3(x+4) = -6 2x - 10 = -28

V E

2x - 3 = -1 2(2x + 1) = -6

A F

4x - 6 = 34 5(3x -2) = -130

S W

4(x + 3) = 48 4x - 5 = 7

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 Solving Multi-Step Equations Penguin Facts Crack the Code

D N

2(3x + 4) = 98 3x - 2 = 22

H C

3x + 2 = 14 -3(2x + 1) = 117

M I

4(x - 5) = 68 2x + 7 = 17

P T
x+6
2 = 6.5 4(x - 2) = -48

3(x + 7) = 72

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 Solving Multi-Step Equations Penguin Facts Crack the Code

7 -2 8 -6 6 5 8 9 4 6 15 15 -9 -2

-10 17 -6 -2 -10 4 -2 2 -10 17

7 2 17 -10 -2 -20 -10 -8 2 17 22

7 2 -2 15 10 -10 17 2 9 10 8 15

7 2 17 1 5 15 -2 3 10 2 22 -10 4

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