Fractions - subtracting

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Mark / 10 %

1) Work out and give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms [7]

a) 9 − 1
11 11

b) 5 − 2
13 13

c) 3− 1
4 12

d) 9 −1
14 6

e) 7 −1
12 8

f) 2−3
3 7

g) 1−1
5 2

2) Work out and give your answer as a mixed number in its lowest terms [1]

9 47 − 4 17

3) Work out and give your answer as a simplified mixed number [2]

a) 6 16 − 4 56

b) 1 78 − 6 18

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Solutions for the assessment Fractions - subtracting

8
1) a) 11 3
b) 13

c) 23 d) 10
21

5
e) 11
24 f) 21

3 2) 5 37
g) − 10

3) a) 1 13 b) − 4 14

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