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Properties of Fractions

This document discusses properties and operations involving fractions, including equivalent fractions, rules of signs, generating equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators, multiplying fractions, and dividing fractions.

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Properties of Fractions

This document discusses properties and operations involving fractions, including equivalent fractions, rules of signs, generating equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators, multiplying fractions, and dividing fractions.

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Properties and Operations of Fractions:

Where a, b, c, and d are real numbers, variables, or algebraic expressions and b, d ≠0

𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄
Equivalent Fractions: = 𝒅𝒅 if and only if 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 = 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃
𝒃𝒃
𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐
Example: = 𝟒𝟒 because (𝟏𝟏) ∗ (𝟒𝟒) = (𝟐𝟐) ∗ (𝟐𝟐)
𝟐𝟐

𝒂𝒂 −𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂 −𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂
Rules of Signs: − 𝒃𝒃 = = −𝒃𝒃 and −𝒃𝒃 = 𝒃𝒃
𝒃𝒃

𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂
Generate Equivalent Fractions: = 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 , 𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘 𝒄𝒄 ≠ 𝟎𝟎
𝒃𝒃
𝒙𝒙 (𝒙𝒙)(𝟑𝟑) 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
Example: 𝟐𝟐
= (𝟐𝟐)(𝟑𝟑) = 𝟔𝟔

𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄 𝒂𝒂±𝒄𝒄
Add or Subtract with like denominators: ± 𝒃𝒃 =
𝒃𝒃 𝒃𝒃
𝟏𝟏 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟏+𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓
Example: + =
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐

𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄𝒄𝒄 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂±𝒄𝒄𝒄𝒄


Add or Subtract with unlike denominators: ± 𝒅𝒅 = 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 ± 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =
𝒃𝒃 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃
(find a common denominator by multiplying top and bottom of each part by the other part’s denominator.)

𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑 (𝟓𝟓) 𝟏𝟏 (𝟐𝟐) 𝟑𝟑 (𝟓𝟓)(𝟏𝟏)+(𝟐𝟐)(𝟑𝟑) 𝟓𝟓+𝟔𝟔 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏


Example: + 𝟓𝟓 = (𝟓𝟓) 𝟐𝟐 + (𝟐𝟐) 𝟓𝟓 = (𝟓𝟓)(𝟐𝟐)
= = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟐𝟐 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏

𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂
Multiply Fractions: ∗ = 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 (multiply top times the top and bottom times the bottom)
𝒃𝒃 𝒅𝒅
𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏 (𝟑𝟑)(𝟏𝟏) (𝟑𝟑)𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
Example: ∗ = (𝟓𝟓)(𝟑𝟑) = (𝟑𝟑)𝟓𝟓 = 𝟓𝟓
𝟓𝟓 𝟑𝟑

𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄 𝒂𝒂 𝒅𝒅 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂
Divide Fractions: 𝒃𝒃 ÷ 𝒅𝒅 = 𝒃𝒃 ∗ 𝒄𝒄 = 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 , 𝒄𝒄 ≠ 𝟎𝟎.
(if it’s division, just reciprocate the fraction you’re dividing by and change it to multiplication.)
𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑 (𝟑𝟑)(𝟑𝟑) 𝟗𝟗
Example: ÷ 𝟑𝟑 = 𝟓𝟓 ∗ 𝟏𝟏 = (𝟓𝟓)(𝟏𝟏) = 𝟓𝟓
𝟓𝟓

Trevor L.A. May 2010

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