a)
\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{2}{3} + \frac{{ - 2}}{5} + \frac{{ - 5}}{6} - \frac{{13}}{{10}}\\ = \frac{2}{3} + \frac{{ - 5}}{6} + \frac{{ - 2}}{5} - \frac{{13}}{{10}}\\ = \left( {\frac{2}{3} + \frac{{ - 5}}{6}} \right) + \left( {\frac{{ - 2}}{5} - \frac{{13}}{{10}}} \right)\\ = \left( {\frac{4}{6} + \frac{{ - 5}}{6}} \right) + \left( {\frac{{ - 4}}{{10}} - \frac{{13}}{{10}}} \right)\\ = \frac{{ - 1}}{6} + \frac{{ - 17}}{{10}}\\ = \frac{{ - 5}}{{30}} + \frac{{ - 51}}{{30}}\\ = \frac{{ - 56}}{{30}}\\ = \frac{{ - 28}}{{15}}\end{array}\)
b)
\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{{ - 3}}{7}.\frac{{ - 1}}{9} + \frac{7}{{ - 18}}.\frac{{ - 3}}{7} + \frac{5}{6}.\frac{{ - 3}}{7}\\ = \frac{{ - 3}}{7}.\left( {\frac{{ - 1}}{9} + \frac{7}{{ - 18}} + \frac{5}{6}} \right)\\ = \frac{{ - 3}}{7}.\left( {\frac{{ - 2}}{{18}} + \frac{{ - 7}}{{18}} + \frac{{15}}{{18}}} \right)\\ = \frac{{ - 3}}{7}.\frac{{ 6}}{{18}}\\ = \frac{-1}{7}\end{array}\).