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4 Adding and subtracting fractions

Homework
1 Copy and complete each of these additions.

a + b + c + d + e +
2 Copy and complete each of these subtractions.

a – b – c – d – e –
3 Calculate each of these additions. Remember to cancel down.

a + b + c + d + e +
4 Copy and complete each of these subtractions. Remember to cancel down.

a – b – c – d – e –
5 Calculate each of these additions. Remember to use equivalent fractions.

a + b + c + d + e +
6 Calculate each of these subtractions.

a – b – c – d – e –
7 Evaluate the following. Show your working.

a + b + c + d + e +

f + g + h + i – j –

k – l – m + n + o +
8 Evaluate the following. Show your working.

a 1 +2 b 4 +2 +1

c 2 –1 d 3 –1

e 5 +4 –2 f 4 –1 +2

g 6 –1 –2 h 7 –2 –2
9 a At a football club, half of the players are English, a quarter are Scottish and one-sixth are
Italian. The rest are Irish. What fraction of players at the club are Irish?
b One of the following is the number of players at the club:
30 32 34 36
How many players are at the club?

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10 On a firm’s coach trip, half the people were employees and two-fifths were partners of the
employees. The rest were children. What fraction of the people were children?

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