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8th grade
Course: 8th grade > Unit 1
Lesson 1: Repeating decimals- Converting a fraction to a repeating decimal
- Writing fractions as repeating decimals
- Converting repeating decimals to fractions (part 1 of 2)
- Converting repeating decimals to fractions
- Converting repeating decimals to fractions (part 2 of 2)
- Converting multi-digit repeating decimals to fractions
- Writing repeating decimals as fractions review
- Writing fractions as repeating decimals review
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Writing fractions as repeating decimals review
Review converting fractions to repeating decimals, and then try some practice problems.
Writing fractions as decimals
To convert a fraction to a decimal, we divide the numerator by the denominator.
Example:start fraction, 2, divided by, 5, end fraction
Writing fractions as repeating decimals
However, it does not always work out that nicely.
Sometimes, when we divide the numerator by the denominator, it becomes clear that the digits will keep repeating. In this case, we write the answer as a repeating decimal.
In our answer, we write a bar over the repeating digits to show that they repeat.
Example:start fraction, 4, divided by, 9, end fraction
No matter how long we divide, the 4 will continue to repeat in our quotient.
Want to learn more about writing fractions as repeating decimals? Check out this video.
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- why does math have to be hard like life is hard already(58 votes)
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- UH I am still a bit confused like how would we solve 0.36 but only the 6 is repeating(7 votes)
- Let x = 0.3666....
Only 1 digit (the 6) repeats, so multiply both sides by 10^1=10 to get
10x = 3.6666...
Subtract the first equation from the second equation to cancel out repeating parts, to get
9x = 3.3
Divide both sides by 9 to get
x = 3.3/9 .
We can simplify 3.3/9 by first multiplying top and bottom by 10 (getting rid of the decimal) to get 33/90, then dividing top and bottom by 3 to get 11/30.
The final answer is 11/30.
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- The key is to multiply by a power of 10 equal to the number of repeating decimals. If you have two numbers repeating, you have to multiply by 100. Example: what is x=.353535... as a fraction? Multiply by 100 to get 100x = 35.353535..., then when you subtract, you get 99x=35, so x = 35/99. If you notice, if it is only repeating numbers, the repeating part will be divided by some number of 9s. .444... = 4/9. .464646... = 46/99, .456456456... = 456/999. .456745674567... = 4567/9999.(3 votes)
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