Textbook reference:

MYP 5-Plus (pdf copy), chapter 12 (algebraic fractions)

Homework #2 (algebraic expressions)
Perform the indicated operations and simplify each algebraic fraction. Use only positive
exponents.
2
4 u b2 2u3
1. ( )( )
3 u2 b2

−1
x 3 y −2
2. ( y 2 x−3 )
5 x 2−20
3.
3 x 2 +5 x−2

5t 3 16 s 2 16 s
4. 4 s ÷ ×
25 t 3 25t 3

3 x+1 x 2−9
5. 3 x −15 − 2
x −25

2−a−1−6 a−2
6.
2−7 a−1−15 a−2

Solve:
2 1 x
7. x−2 − 2 =
x + x−6 x +3

8. A bicycle trip of 90 miles would have taken an hour less if the average speed had been
increased by 3 miles per hour. Find the average speed of the bicycle.

Note: distance = speed × time

Solutions:
16 u5
1.
3 b2

y4
2.
x6

5(x−2)
3.
3 x−1

5 t3
4.
4 s2

16( x+2)
5. 3(x−5)(x +5)

a−2
6. a−5

7. 5 or -1

8. 15 mile/hour