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Extra questions

Exercise 7.3 Adding and

subtracting fractions
1 Evaluate the following.
1 5
a 10 þ 10 b 28 þ 58 c 27 þ 17 4
d 10 5
þ 10
3 1
e 11  11 f 15 þ 25 þ 25 g 27 18
12  12
7
h 10 3
 10
i 45 þ 35 j 13 7 6
16  16  16 k 14 7
8 þ8 l 59 þ 59  29

2 Evaluate the following.

a 13 þ 14 b 25 þ 13 c 56  12 d 67  34
e 37  38 f 11
12  5
2
g 89  25 h 56 þ 18
i 12
27  3
1
j 67  15 k 13
21 þ 2
1
l 13 þ 13
2

m 79  14 n 34  11
5
o 13 þ 15  30
1

3 Simplify the following.

a 113 þ 216 3
b 310  215 c 237 þ 367 d 356 þ 216
e 334 þ 212 7
f 210 þ 312 g 478  212 h 435 þ 113
i 312 þ 227 j 437  112 k 234 þ 113 l 379  125

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Answers
6
1 a 10 ¼ 35 b 7
8 c 3
7 d 9
10
2 5 9
e 11 f 5 ¼1 g 12 ¼ 34 h 4
10
7
i 5 ¼ 125 j 0 k 21
8 ¼ 258 l 8
9

7 11 2
2 a 12 b 15 c 6 ¼ 13 d 3
28
3 31 22 23
e 56 f 60 g 45 h 24
1 23 47 5 19
i 9 j 35 k 42 ¼ 142 l 39
19 13 15
m 36 n 44 o 30 ¼ 12

3 a 312 1
b 110 c 627 d 6
e 614 f 615 g 238 h 514
15

i 511
14 j 213
14
1
k 412 l 217
45

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