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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