Higher

Write a fraction as a recurring decimal using division

Higher

Write a fraction as a recurring decimal using division

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will apply the different strategies learnt in this unit to upper and lower bound problems. We will investigate the difference between terminating and recurring decimals and write a fraction as a recurring decimal using short division.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is not a recurring decimal?
0.16161616….
0.37373737…
1.3333…
Correct answer: 13.902
Q2.
How can we write this fraction as a division calculation?
Correct answer: 3 ÷ 7
7 ÷ 1
7 ÷ 3
73 ÷ 1
Q3.
Change this fraction into a decimal.
Correct answer: 0.1111…
0.2222…
0.3333….
0.9
Q4.
A
Correct answer: B
C
D
Q5.
Which prime denominators do not give recurring decimals?
Correct answer: 2 and 5
2 and 7
3 and 5
5 and 7

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UnitMaths / Recurring decimals