Basic Rationals Review #2

Name: ____________________________________ Date: ________________________

No calculators!
1. For each of the following statements, determine if it is true or false.

a. ______ If a fraction is less than 0 then its reciprocal is larger than 0.

b. ______ When you add or subtract fractions, you need a common denominator.

c. ______ If the denominators of two negative fractions are equal then the fraction with the
smaller numerator is smaller in value.

d. ______ The product of a positive fraction and its reciprocal is always 1.

e. ______ The product of a negative fraction and its reciprocal is always 1.

f. ______ If we can cancel all factors in a multiplication question, then the answer is 0.
223 5
For example  0
35 22
g. ______ When you multiply two fractions you must get a common denominator.

2. Place one of the signs <, >, or = between each pair of rationals to make a correct statement.

7 8 11 3
a) b)  
9 11 15 4

3. Order each list of rationals from least to greatest (using “<” between each rational number in your
answer).

2 9 5 1 2
a) , , , , Answer:
7 40 23 5 11
________________________________

7 3 3 7 7
b)  ,  ,  ,  ,  Answer:
8 5 4 10 9
________________________________

4. Calculate each of the following, mentally, if possible.

a) 4  12
13  ______ c) 3
7  92  _______ e) 7
8  16
11 
_____ g)  54  34  ______

b) 1
9  11
7 
_____ d)  17
11  91 
_______ f)  52  15
7 
_____ h) 5 76  73  ______
5. Simplify, using the steps shown on Sheet 3. You can answer in the space provided.
Important tip: do not change to improper fractions!

a) 7 34  11 13 c) 21 56  21 12
11 e) 12 11
5 7 3
5

b) 14 73  10 85 d) 67  9 10
23 f) 10 95  5 34

6. Simplify each of the following.

5  5 19 (b) 17 11
(a) 20  3 24 (c) 32 15
22  5 8
7 16 5 7
24
7. State the reciprocal of each of the following as a proper fraction or mixed number but NOT as an
improper fraction.

a) 12 = ______ b)  25
9 =
______ c) 2 56 = ______

8. Calculate:

a) 5
6  12
7 = ___________ d) 2 53  26
25 =
____________

b) 7 5 =
 14 e) 2 72   1 11
15 ____________ 21 = ____________

c) 9  44 11 89  11 89
11 45 = ____________ f) = ____________

9. Simplify each of the following, showing all the appropriate steps:

 14 14 11
a) 55  2 7   1 17 c) 26   23 52  1 92
6
15 49 35

5 7
39    4 83  12 56 2 12
b) 1 16 d) 1    77
4  1 3
12 55 8
10. Show that 5 14  87  6 by using a diagram and NOT by calculation. Use the 5 14 slices of pizza,
shown below.

11. Simplify each of the following, showing steps.

4   23   13  7
2
a) 3
4  43  32 d)

b) 1 53  2 12  2 12 e) 1 83  3 43  2 81  4

 4 14  4 14   8 23  6 10   3  1 52 
2
c) f)
12. Assume each of the tick marks on the number lines are evenly spaced. For each tick mark, identify
the number on the number line at that mark.

a)

b)

c)

13. Which one of these six fractions is equal to the product of the other five? (Try to think of a clever
way to answer this!)

2 2 14 3 3 32 3 4
21 14 4 11

Answers

1. Answers in order: False, True, False, True, True, False, False.

2. a) 79  11
8 ; b)  11   3
15 4
3. a) 2
11  15  5
23  9
40  72 ; b)  78   79   34   10
7 3
5
4. a) 3 131 ; b) 99
74
; c) 13 63 ; d) 91 17 ;
11
e) 163 ; f) 151 ; g) 1 11
20 ; h) 5 7
3

5. a) 19 121 ; b) 3 56 45
; c)  121 ; d) 57 13 23 ; e) 20 55 ; f) 16 36
3 11

6. a) 1 2548 ; b) 20 120 91

; c) 26 88 71

7. a) 121 ; b) 2 79 ; c) 176
8. a) 1 73 b) 16 c)  54 d) 2 12 e) 1 12 f) 1
9. a) 35 ; b) 1 13 ;
32 2
c)  7 ; d) 1617
2 1000

11. a) 14 ; b) 1 50 43
; c) 0 ; d) 4 13 ; e) 4 85 ; f) 3 32 29

12. a) 2 18 2 14 2 83 2 14 2 85
b) 12 54  12 52  12  11 53  11 15  10 54  10 52  10  9 53
c) 12 54  3 11
21  3 10
21  3 73  3 21
8  3 13  3 72  3 215  3 214  3 17
13. 3
14 (Hint: multiply all of the numbers together and see if the result is the square of one of the numbers
in the list!)