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    Converting A Recurring Decimal To A Fraction

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    Recurring decimals can be written as fractions by multiplying the decimal by a power of 10 to clear the decimal, subtracting the original decimal to isolate the repeating portion, setting up an equation to solve for the fraction, then reducing the resulting fraction. The document demonstrates this process on examples converting

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    Converting A Recurring Decimal To A Fraction

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    Recurring decimals can be written as fractions by multiplying the decimal by a power of 10 to clear the decimal, subtracting the original decimal to isolate the repeating portion, setting up an equation to solve for the fraction, then reducing the resulting fraction. The document demonstrates this process on examples converting

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    Recurring decimals can be written as fractions by multiplying the decimal by a power of 10 to clear the decimal, subtracting the original decimal to isolate the repeating portion, setting up an equation to solve for the fraction, then reducing the resulting fraction. The document demonstrates this process on examples converting

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    Converting a Recurring Decimal to a Fraction


    2. 133/999
    3. 1/9
    4.314/999
    5. 5/7

    Recurring decimals can be written as fractions.

    Example 1
    Convert 0.142857142857... into a fraction.

    Solution
    Let x = 0.142857142857...

    We want to move the decimal point to the right, so that the first "block" of repeated
    digits appears before the decimal point. Remember that multiplying by 10 moves the
    decimal point 1 position to the right.

    So in this example, we need to move the decimal point 6 places to the right (so we
    multiply both sides by 1 000 000):
    1000000x = 142857.142857142857...
    Now we can subtract our original number, x, from both sides to get rid of everything
    after the decimal point on the right:
    1000000x - x = 142857
    So 999999x = 142857
    142857 1
    x= =
    999999 7

    Example 2
    Convert 0.123 123 123 ... into a fraction.

    Solution
    Let x = 0.123 123 123 ...
    1000x = 123.123 123 123 ...

    Subtract x from both sides:

    1000x –x = 123.123 123 123 ... – x

    999 x = 123

    123 41
    Hence x = =
    999 333

    Now try these  1/9 = 0.111111111111...


    Convert the following into fractions:  1/7 = 0.142857142857...
    1. 0.12 12 12 12 ...  1/3 = 0.333333333333...
    2. 0.133 133 133 133 ...  1/81 = 0.0123456790...
    3. 0.111111111...
     2/3 = 0.666666666666...
    4. 0.314 314 314 ...
    5. 0.714285 7142857 ...  7/12 = 0.58333333333...

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