PRACTICE MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING FRACTIONS
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Suggestions for this self exam:
[A] Study text section 4.2 , but then keep your book closed during this entire test
[B] Enter your answers in the boxes provided. Check them when you've finished.
[C]
Remember the general rules: a
b
 .  c
d
 =  ac
bd
  and also   a
b
   c
d
 =  ad
bc

[1] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced product:
3x

7y
 .  14y2

9x
 = 

  
   
 
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[2] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced product:
19x2

12y - 1
 .  1 - 12y

3x
 = 

  
   
 
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[3] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced quotient:
24x2y

15xy2
   4x2y

25y3
 = 

  
   
 
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[4] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced quotient:
x2 - 25

6
   x - 5

3
 = 

  
   
 
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[5] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced product:
x3 - 1

2(x - 1)2
 .  x2 - 1

x2 + x + 1
 = 

  
   
 
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[6] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced product:
x2 +5x + 6

x2 - 9
 .  x - 3

x + 4
 = 

  
   
 
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[7] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced quotient:
2x2 + x - 3

8x3 + 27
   2x - 2

4x3 - 6x2 + 9x
 = 

  
   
 
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[8] In the answer boxes, enter the correct reduced quotient:
x2 + ax - 3x - 3a

x2 - x - 6
   x2 + ax + x + a

x2 + 4x + 3
 = 

  
   
 
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[9] In the answer boxes, write as one simple reduced fraction. A "simple fraction" is a fraction whose numerator and denominator do not contain other fractions; the original fraction below is not a simple fraction:
 
( 4x2y

3xy3
)
( 2x

15y
)
 = 

  
   
 
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[10] In the answer boxes, write as one simple reduced fraction. A "simple fraction" is a fraction whose numerator and denominator do not contain other fractions; the original fraction below is not a simple fraction:
 
( 3y + 3

7
)
( 3x + 3

7
)
 = 

  
   
 
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[11] In the answer boxes, write as one simple reduced fraction. A "simple fraction" is a fraction whose numerator and denominator do not contain other fractions; the original fraction below is not a simple fraction:
 
( x2 - 3x - 10

x2 - 25
)
( x2 + 4x + 4

x2 + x - 20
)
 = 

  
   
 
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