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Subtract rational numbers: fractions with unlike denominators

Year 7 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Give the answer as a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.

  1. Evaluate: −2/3 − 7/8 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  2. Evaluate: 2/3 − 1/3 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  3. Evaluate: −1/3 − 3/5 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  4. Evaluate: 2/3 − 2/3 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  5. Evaluate: 7/8 − (−1/6) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  6. Evaluate: 3/4 − 2/5 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  7. Evaluate: 1/2 − 2/3 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  8. Evaluate: 1/6 − 3/10 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  9. Evaluate: 9/10 − (−3/5) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  10. Evaluate: −1/2 − (−3/5) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  11. Evaluate: −2/3 − 3/4 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  12. Evaluate: −2/3 − 1/4 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  13. Evaluate: 4/9 − (−3/5) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  14. Evaluate: 1/4 − 1/8 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  15. Evaluate: −2/9 − (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  16. Evaluate: 2/3 − 1/4 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  17. Evaluate: 1/2 − (−1/9) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  18. Evaluate: 3/8 − (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  19. Evaluate: 7/8 − (−4/5) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  20. Evaluate: −1/4 − 1/2 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
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Answer key: Subtract rational numbers: fractions with unlike denominators

  1. -37/24
  2. 1/3
  3. -14/15
  4. 0
  5. 25/24
  6. 7/20
  7. -1/6
  8. -2/15
  9. 3/2
  10. 1/10
  11. -17/12
  12. -11/12
  13. 47/45
  14. 1/8
  15. 5/18
  16. 5/12
  17. 11/18
  18. 7/8
  19. 67/40
  20. -3/4