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Gr 9 Date: Time 75 mins
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1-4 Common Fractions
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Topic 1-4-2 Adding and subtracting fractions; Roots

1. Got it? [10 mins]

Some reminders about adding and subtracting fractions:

The denominators must always be the same.

3 2
Example 1: + (Because the denominators are both 11 we calculate 3 + 2
11 11
7 7
= and use the denominator 11. NOT )
11 22

2 4
Example 2: + (The denominators are NOT the same.)
3 5
2×5 4×3
= + (Convert the fractions to have the same
3×5 5×3
10 12
= + denominator.)
15 15
22
=
15
7
=1
15
2 1
Example 3: 2 + 3
5 6
12 19
= + (Convert to an improper fraction.)
5 6
12 × 6 19 × 5
= + (Convert the fractions to have the same
5×6 6×5
72 95
= + denominator.)
30 30
167
=
30
17
= 5
30

2. Go ahead! [25 mins]

When calculating common fractions: remember to:
Turn mixed numbers into “top-heavy” fractions.
Write your answers in their lowest terms.
2.1 Calculate each of the following using the above methods.
3 2 5 3 3 1
2.1.1 + 2.1.2 ⎯ 2.1.3 +
5 5 7 7 11 11
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6 2 3 4 2 11 4 6
2.1.4 ⎯ 2.1.5 + ⎯ 2.1.6 + ⎯
11 11 7 7 7 13 13 13

6 9 3 3 1 3 5
2.1.7 + + 2.1.8 3 + 1 2.1.9 2 + 3
11 11 11 4 4 7 7

2 4 5 1 3 4
2.1.10 1 +2 2.1.11 2 ⎯1 2.1.12 3 + 1
5 5 6 6 5 5

2.2 Calculate each of the following.

3 1 3 9 5 3
2.2.1 + 3 2.2.2 2 ⎯ 2.2.3 4 + 2
8 4 5 10 8 4

5 2 9 3 5 2
2.2.4 3 ⎯1 2.2.5 + 2.2.6 2 ⎯1
6 3 10 5 6 3

2.3 Calculate each of the following.

3 3 2 3 4 1
2.3.1 + 2.3.2 + 2.3.3 +
7 4 5 4 9 5

5 3 2 2 9 5
2.3.4 ⎯ 2.3.5 2 ⎯ 2.3.6 ⎯
8 4 3 5 11 7

1 11 1 8 3 8 8 3 7
2.3.7 + ⎯ 2.3.8 + ⎯ 2.3.9 + ⎯
5 12 6 11 5 11 11 4 22
2 1 3 1 5
2.3.10 4 + 3
5 4
2.3.11 2 + 3
7 2
2.3.12 17 ⎯ 47 + 5 13
3 1 1 9 2 3 7
2.3.13 5 ⎯ 3 2.3.14 3 + ⎯ 2.3.15 1
5
+ 3 15 ⎯ 1 13
30
8 3 5 10 15

3. Check your work! [10 mins]

4. Got it? [5 mins]

16 √16 49 √49
You will see that √ = and √ =
25 √25 100 √100

square root of numerator

To find the square root of a common fraction:
square root of denominator

27 √27 64 √64
You will see that √ = and √ =
125 √125 1000 √1000

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cube root of numerator

To find the cube root of a common fraction:
cube root of denominator

81 9 3 8 2
Examples: √ = √ =
121 11 343 7

1 25 5 1 3 1 3 729 9 1
√6 = √ = =2 √91 = √ = =4
4 2 2 2 8 8 2 2

5. Go ahead! [20 mins]

5.1 Calculate each of the following:
√144 √121 √400
5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3
√196 √400 √441
3 3 3
√1 √512 √1 331
5.1.4 3 5.1.5 3 5.1.6 3
√8 √27 000 √8 000

36 81 3 8
5.1.7 √ 5.1.8 √ 5.1.9 √
121 100 125

5.2 Calculate each of the following:

14 6 8
5.2.1 √2 5.2.2 √3 5.2.3 √8
25 25 49

3 10 3 3 3 5
5.2.4 √2 5.2.5 √3 5.2.6 √15
27 8 8

Hint: Cancel under the root sign first in some of the following.

200 64 3 54
5.2.7 √ 5.2.8 √ 5.2.9 √
288 324 2 000

3 27 000 √16 √81

5.2.10 √ 5.2.11 3 5.2.12 3
64 000 √64 √125

3 3
√64 √125 3 − 64
5.2.13 5.2.14 5.2.15 √
√100 √144 − 1000

6. Check your work! [5 mins]

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