Lesson 14 · Rational Numbers

Rational Numbers

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Activity 14.1

Hunt for the repeating block

What you needPaper and pencil only. A calculator hides the remainders, which are the whole point.
MethodDo the long division, writing down the remainder at every step, until a remainder you have already seen comes back.
Then predictBefore dividing by 13, predict the longest the block could be, then check.
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