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1: Simplify
2 the following as far as possible:
v 7v 8u 2u 4h 6h
a) + b) + c) −
16 8 27 9 7 35

__________ __________ __________

13n 2n 23x x r 11r
d) − e) + f) +
20 5 30 10 6 30

__________ __________ __________

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2: Simplify
2 the following as far as possible:
f f 4t t q 4q
a) − b) − c) +
3 4 5 3 2 9

__________ __________ __________

e 3e 9y 2y 7a a
d) + e) − f) −
9 4 10 3 10 7

__________ __________ __________

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3: Simplify
2 the following as far as possible:
k 2(3k − 1) 3(2b + 3) b 5w w − 1
a) + b) + c) −
4 3 4 10 9 3

__________ __________ __________

5z 2(z + 4) 3j − 2 3j 3p 2p − 1
d) − e) + f) −
6 3 2 10 8 2

__________ __________ __________

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4: Simplify
2 the following as far as possible:
2s + 1 3(s + 2) 2(m + 3) 2(3m + 2) 3(c − 3) 2c − 3
a) + b) − c) +
6 4 3 5 8 4

__________ __________ __________

g − 2 2(g + 1) f − 4 3f + 1 3(x − 1) 2x − 1
d) − e) + f) −
2 5 6 2 5 10

__________ __________ __________

Answers: Algebraic Fractions -
Add/Subtract 1
v 14v 15v 8u 6u 14u 20h 6h 14h 2h
1: 1
a)
2 + = b) + = c) − = =
16 16 16 27 27 27 35 35 35 5
13n 8n 5n n 23x 3x 26x 13x 5r 11r 16r 8r
d) − = = e) + = = f) + = =
20 20 20 4 30 30 30 15 30 30 30 15

4f 3f f 12t 5t 7t 9q 8q 17q
2: 1
a)
2 − = b) − = c) + =
12 12 12 15 15 15 18 18 18
4e 27e 31e 27y 20y 7y 49a 10a 39a
d) + = e) − = f) − =
36 36 36 30 30 30 70 70 70

3k 24k − 8 27k − 8
3: 1
a)
2 + =
12 12 12
30b + 45 2b 32b + 45
b) + =
20 20 20
5w 3w − 3 2w + 3
c) − =
9 9 9
5z 4z + 16 z − 16
d) − =
6 6 6
15j − 10 3j 18j − 10 2(9j − 5) 9j − 5
e) + = = =
10 10 10 10 5
3p 8p − 4 −5p + 4 −(5p − 4)
f) − = =
8 8 8 8

4s + 2 9s + 18 13s + 20
4: 1
a)
2 + =
12 12 12
10m + 30 18m + 12 −8m + 18 −2(4m − 9)
b) − = =
15 15 15 15
3c − 9 4c − 6 7c − 15
c) + =
8 8 8
5g − 10 4g + 4 g − 14
d) − =
10 10 10
f − 4 9f + 3 10f − 1
e) + =
6 6 6
6x − 6 2x − 1 4x − 5
f) − =
10 10 10