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Topics: Still More on Recurring Decimals

Mathematics Teaching, 1977

Procedures using calculators are described for determining the recurring sequence of digits in the decimal representation of numbers of the form 1/n. (MN)

Descriptors: Computation, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions

Patterns of Repeating Decimals: A Subject Worth Repeating

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Sgroi, James T. – Mathematics Teacher, 1977

Patterns that appear in the repeating digits of a decimal are used to help convince students that any infinite repeating decimal can be written in the form of a rational number. (JT)

Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Fractions, Instruction, Pattern Recognition

Fun with Repeating Decimals.

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Wagner, Sue S. – Mathematics Teacher, 1979

This discussion of cyclic patterns that appear in repeating decimals includes the use of the calculator in discovering the patterns. (MP)

Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Decimal Fractions, Discovery Learning