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Converting Fractions to Decimal Form

The document describes a process to convert fractions to decimal form in 3 steps: 1) 1/7 is converted by dividing 1 by 7 repeatedly, getting closer to 0.142857... 2) 1/9 is converted similarly, getting closer to 0.111111... 3) 1/13 is converted through the same repetition of division, getting closer to 0.076923... The key points are that fractions expressed as reciprocals of increasing integers converge to repeating decimals, and the process demonstrates how to determine these decimal equivalents in a systematic way through repeated division.

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148 views28 pages

Converting Fractions to Decimal Form

The document describes a process to convert fractions to decimal form in 3 steps: 1) 1/7 is converted by dividing 1 by 7 repeatedly, getting closer to 0.142857... 2) 1/9 is converted similarly, getting closer to 0.111111... 3) 1/13 is converted through the same repetition of division, getting closer to 0.076923... The key points are that fractions expressed as reciprocals of increasing integers converge to repeating decimals, and the process demonstrates how to determine these decimal equivalents in a systematic way through repeated division.

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Convert to decimal form

Step 1
=

=
Hence we have,
=

That is,

- =
Step 2

=
Hence we have,

That is,

- =
Step 3

=
Hence we have,

That is,

- =
That is we have three equations :

- =

- =

- =
 We can see that is smaller than
And is smaller than

 We can also see that , ,

etc.. Get closer and closer to


=
0.3

=
0.33

=
0.333
 We can also see that

Get closer and closer to


0.3 , 0.33, 0.333 …

 hence = 0.3333…
Convert to decimal form
Step 1

=
Hence we have,

That is,

- =
Step 2

=
Hence we have,

That is,
- =
Step 3
=

=
Hence we have,

That is,
- =
- =

- =

- =

= 0.16666…
Assignment
Convert , , to decimal form
Convert to decimal form

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Similarly when we continue like this
we can observe that the numbers
got repeat. That is,

etc…..
=

=
Hence we have,
=

That is,

- =

Hence,
= 0.142857142857…
Assignment
Convert , , , to decimal form

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