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Add and subtract improper fractions with negatives

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

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

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

  1. 7/6
  2. 17/15
  3. 37/15
  4. 29/10
  5. 11/6
  6. 13/6
  7. 3
  8. 31/8
  9. -1/10
  10. -2/3
  11. -2
  12. 18/7
  13. -37/21
  14. 23/12
  15. -5/3
  16. 1/2
  17. -13/6
  18. 0
  19. 8/15
  20. -53/36