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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS 0607/53

Paper 5 (Core) October/November 2019
1 hour
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Answer all the questions.

INVESTIGATION DECIMAL FORMS

This investigation looks at the patterns when changing a fraction to its decimal form.

Examples
2
= 0.666f = 0.6o This is a repeating decimal.
3
3
= 0.75 This is a terminating decimal.
4
5
The fraction has a numerator of 5 and a denominator of 8.
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1 This question is about terminating decimals.

(a) (i) Complete these equivalent fractions.

1= 5 1= 2 7 = 1 = 3 =
2 10 5 10 20 100 25 100 500 1000

(ii) The denominators of the equivalent fractions in part (i) are 10, 100 and 1000.

The smallest prime number is 2.

Put a prime number in each box to complete these statements.

10 = = 2 # 5

100 = 10 # 10 = 2 # 5 # #

1000 = 10 # 10 # 10 = 2 # 5 # # # #

(iii) Complete the table.

Fraction 1 1 7 1 3
2 5 20 25 500

Decimal 0.5 0.2

(iv) Write down a different fraction with a numerator of 1 and a denominator between 30 and 99
which can be written as a terminating decimal.

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(b) (i) Put a prime number in each box to complete these statements.

20 = 2 # 2 # 5

25 = 5 # 5

50 = 2 # # 5

100 = # # 5 # 5

500 = 2 # 2 # # #

(ii) Use your answers to part (i) to help you complete the table.

Number of Denominator written as a

Fraction Decimal Larger power
decimal places product of primes using powers
1
0.05 2 22 # 5 2
20
7 0.28 2 2
25 52
9 0.18 2
50
19 0.19 2
100
13 0.065 3 3
200 23 # 52
11 0.022
500
17 0.0034 4
5000 23 # 54

(iii) A fraction has a numerator of 1 and a denominator of 2 14 # 5 7 .

Write down the number of decimal places in the decimal form of this fraction.

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(iv) The denominator of a fraction that can be written as a terminating decimal only has one or two
possible prime factors.

Write down these prime factors.

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2 This question is about repeating decimals.

The number of digits in the repeating pattern is called the repeat length.

Example
1 o 923o This is a repeating decimal with a repeat length of 6.
= 0. 076923 076923 076923f = 0.076
13 ABB BBC

(a) (i) Complete these equivalent fractions.

1= 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1=
3 9 11 99 37 999 111 999 41 99 999 7 999 999

(ii) Complete the table.

1 1 1 1 1 1
Fraction 3 11 37 111 41 7

Decimal 0.3o oo
0.09 o o
0.027 o 857o
0.142

Repeat
1 2 3 5 6
length

(iii) Use your answers to part (i) and part (ii) to help you complete the table.

Fraction Decimal Repeat length Denominator of equivalent fraction

1
0.3o 1 9 = 10 1 - 1
3
1 oo
0.09 2 99 = 10 2 - 1
11
1 o o
0.027 999 =
37
1
3 999 =
111
1
5 99 999 =
41
1 o 857o
0.142 6 999 999 =
7

(iv) Give an example of a fraction with a numerator of 1 which can be written as a repeating decimal
with a repeat length of 9.

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(v) A repeating decimal has a repeat length of k.

Write down an expression, in terms of k, for the denominator of this fraction.

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1 1 1 1
(b) (i) = = #
407 11 # 37 11 37
1
is changed to its decimal form.
407
Show that this has a repeat length that is equal to the lowest common multiple (LCM) of the
1 1
repeat lengths of the decimal forms of and .
11 37

1 1
(ii) Show how the lowest common multiple (LCM) of the repeat lengths of and gives the repeat
7 37
1
length of .
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3 Some decimals have non-repeating decimal parts followed by repeating decimal parts.

Example
0.65o = 0.65555f In this decimal, the 6 does not repeat but the 5 does.
1 1
(a) Show that adding the decimal forms of and gives a decimal of this type.
5 3

(b) Complete the table.

Number of non- Repeat Denominator written as a

Fraction Decimal
repeating decimal places length product of primes using powers
1 1 1
0.16o 2#3
6
1 2 1
12 0.083o

7
75
11 3
24
317
600 0.528 3o 23 # 52 # 3

1 3 2
1320
oo
0.000 75 2 3 # 5 # 11 # 3

50001 3 6
101750
o 319o
0.491 410 2 # 5 3 # 11 # 37

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(c) A fraction of the form

1
2a # 5b # c # d

where a and b are positive integers and c and d are different primes is changed to its decimal form.

Using your answers to question 1(b) and question 2(b), explain how to find the number of
non-repeating decimal places and the repeat length.

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