Mathematics 116

Supplementary
Materials

Rational Numbers

Student Worksheets
Prepared by:
1) Peter Balyta.....................Massey Vanier High School
2) George Calder..................Howard S. Billings High School
3) Andre Del Castilho...........Centennial Regional High School
4) Tony Rosciano..................Penfield Academy
5) Colin D’Souza...................Macdonald Cartier High School

Resource Personnel:
Françoise Boulanger........ MEQ
Louise Gauthier
Carolyn Gould..................South Shore School Board
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Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).
1. Order of Operations (Rationals)

2
–2  –3 3  –1  –1
(a) + (b) +
3  5 4 2  2

–2 3 –2  2
(c) × + ÷4 (d) –5 + 3 ÷ 16
5 4 3  5

2 3
 –1  –1
(e)
 2
+
 2
(f) (–0.1)2 + (–0.1)3

–3 1
(g) (1 – 0.7)3 – 0.973 (h) + ×3
5 2

3
 –1 3 1 1 5 1
(i) + × (j) 3 × –2 + × 1
 2 4 6 4 3 2

 1 3 4 3 2  –5 3  –5
(k) –5 + 3 – × (l) + +
 2 4 5 2 3  8 4 6

–6.8 × 3.5
(m) (0.02)3 + 23 + (–1)5 (n)
0.5

1 1
–5 ×2
(o) 3
3 9
2 (p) (–2)3 + 32 × (–3)2
÷
4 10

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Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).
2. Order of Operations (Rationals)

3 1 2 –1 2 1
(a) – × (b) + ×
2 5 3 3 7 2

2
 –1 4 1
+ –22 + + (–2)
2
(c) (d)
 2 5 5

2
 –1 3   2 1   1 2  –1
(e) + ÷ – (f) – ÷
 2 5  4 3  2 3  6

1
(g) (–2 – 6) – (–2)2 (h) (0.2)2 + (0.3)2
2

–2
(i) – (–2) × (–3) (j) –1.72 + 2.3
3

2 1 1 1   1 1
(k) (–10 – 5) + (–3 – 7) (l) 5 –
 5 10 
–6 –
 3 6
3 2

(m) (1.8 + –0.96 ÷ 1.2) + (–1) × 0.3

5

(n) 2.5 – 0.3(–4.5 ÷ 0.15 + −3)

Math 116 materials prepared by teachers of the South Shore, Chateauguay Valley (Protestant), District of Bedford,
L’Eau-Vive and Brossard School Boards with funding provided by the Direction régionale de la Montérégie (MEQ).