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Order of operations with fractions: add, subtract and multiply

Grade 7 math · Fieldbook Learning

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Work in order: parentheses, then multiply and divide, then add and subtract. Write a fraction in lowest terms or a whole number.

  1. Evaluate: 2/5 + 5/8 + (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  2. Evaluate: −1/2 + (−3/4) − (−2/3) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  3. Evaluate: (1/2 × 1/3) − (−1/8) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  4. Evaluate: (−2/5 − (−1/2)) − (−3/8) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  5. Evaluate: −7/10 + (−2/5) − 5/6 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  6. Evaluate: (1/2 + (−1/2)) + (−1/6) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  7. Evaluate: 2/3 − 3/5 − (−1/3) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  8. Evaluate: (1/3 × 2/3) + (−3/5) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  9. Evaluate: (−1/4 + (−2/5)) − (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  10. Evaluate: −1/2 + (−3/5) − (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  11. Evaluate: (−1/3 + 1/5) + 1/5 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  12. Evaluate: 7/8 × (−3/4) − (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  13. Evaluate: (1/2 × (−2/5)) × (−5/6) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  14. Evaluate: (−1/3 − 6/7) + (−6/7) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  15. Evaluate: −1/2 − 2/7 − (−1/4) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  16. Evaluate: (2/3 + 1/2) − (−2/3) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  17. Evaluate: 5/8 × 3/5 − (−3/7) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  18. Evaluate: (2/3 − (−2/3)) + (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  19. Evaluate: (−1/7 × (−1/2)) × 3/4 (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
  20. Evaluate: (3/5 × (−2/3)) × (−1/2) (Write a fraction in lowest terms, or a whole number.)
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Answer key: Order of operations with fractions: add, subtract and multiply

  1. 21/40
  2. -7/12
  3. 7/24
  4. 19/40
  5. -29/15
  6. -1/6
  7. 2/5
  8. -17/45
  9. -3/20
  10. -3/5
  11. 1/15
  12. -5/32
  13. 1/6
  14. -43/21
  15. -15/28
  16. 11/6
  17. 45/56
  18. 5/6
  19. 3/56
  20. 1/5