Decimal representations

Have you ever thought about why some fractions turn into decimal representations that go on and on, while others terminate?

Facilitator(s): Andrew
Date of Meeting: January 17, 2020
Problem: pdf

Andrew started by describing two kinds of decimal representations of fractions:

Then asked us to look at the decimal representations for 11ths:

You might stop for a minute and convert a few of these. What do you notice?

Andrew then asked us to look at decimal representations of 9ths:

What do you notice?

And then we fell into a rabbit hole look at 7ths.

Andrew had a lot of other questions planned, but the only other question we started to think about was…

In Attendance: Andrew, Avril, Eric, Ramon, Stephen

Programs Represented: BMCC ALC, CUNY Adult Literacy PD team, CUNY LINCT


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