tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88124537609219597192011-07-10T08:52:05.879-07:00AKHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855706490621448150noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812453760921959719.post-60140900783759752512008-02-06T17:18:00.000-08:002008-02-10T01:40:45.221-08:00So, what is the big deal is recurring decimals?<br /><br /><br /><br />We know that decimal numbers which repeat themselves such as these numbers:<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">1.111...1.... ; 0.222...2.... ; 3.1212...12.... ; 0.3854312854312...854312....</span> ; etc<br /><br />are known as <strong>RECURRING DECIMALS</strong>.<br /><br /><br />Instead of rounding off, we can write them in a simpler form by putting "dots" on top of the digits which repeat themselves. So the above decimal numbers would be represented by<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">1.</span>. <span style="color:#ffffff;">; 0.</span><span style="color:#000000;">. <span style="color:#ffffff;">; 3. </span>. . <span style="color:#ffffff;">; 0.3 </span>.<span style="color:#ffffff;"> 5431</span>.</span><br />1.1 ; 0.2 ; 3.12 ; 0<strong>.</strong><span style="color:#000000;">3854312</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">(note that for the decimal:0.3854312, only the digits: 8 and 2 are "dotted". These </span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">dots would have encompassed all the repeating digits </span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">within them.) </span><br /><br /><br /><br />So, are these all there is to know about <strong>Recurring Decimals</strong>?<br /><br />Consider the following questions:<br /><br />1. Which one of the following numbers is bigger?<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">111111111</span>.<br />(a) 1 or 0.9<br /><br /><br /><br />2. Is the decimal number 0.000000...0....0.....0......1(with the number of "0" tending to infinity) bigger than 0?<br /><br />Post your answer on the survey on the right.<br /><br />Let me know the reasons for your answers!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8812453760921959719-6014090078375975251?l=akh-numbers-2008.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>AKHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855706490621448150noreply@blogger.com34