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Add rational numbers: fractions with unlike denominators

Grade 7 math · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

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

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

  1. -3/5
  2. 1/3
  3. -5/8
  4. -1/12
  5. -3/10
  6. 1
  7. 7/8
  8. 7/5
  9. -11/56
  10. -1/8
  11. 20/63
  12. -1/4
  13. -7/24
  14. -1/20
  15. 20/63
  16. -71/40
  17. -4/21
  18. 1/6
  19. -23/15
  20. -1