# Practice Test on Dividing Fractions

Divide the following fractions and reduce your answers to lowest terms. Convert all answers that are improper fractions to mixed fractions.

1.) $\frac{4}{5} \div \frac{2}{3}$.

2.) $\frac{2}{7} \div \frac{5}{21}$

3.) $8 \div \frac{4}{5}$

4.) $\frac{3}{5} \div 12$

5.) $15 \frac{2}{3}$

6.) $3 \frac{2}{5} \div \frac{3}{4}$ Continue reading

# August 2013 POE and MISE Exam Results

To those who took the Penology Officer Examination and Meat Inspection and Safety Examinatoin on August 11, 2013, the official results are now available at the Official Civil Service Commission website.  The  links below point to the official list of POE and MISE exam results in PDF format.

Penology Officer Examination Results

MISE Examination Results

Congratulations to all passers!

# How to Subtract Fractions

We have already learned the three operations on fractions namely addition, multiplication, and division. In this post, we are going to learn the last elementary operation: subtraction. If you have mastered addition of fractions, this will not be a problem for you because the process is just the same. Let’s subtract fractions!

Example 1: $\displaystyle \frac{8}{15} - \frac{3}{15}$.

Solution

The given is a similar fraction (fraction whose denominators are the same), so just like in addition, we just perform the operation on the numerators. Therefore, we just have to subtract the numerator and copy the denominator. That is,  Continue reading