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How can you find the repeating digits of a decimal when the calculator display is not long enough to show the repeating digits?
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∙ 6y ago
You can try to subtract the first few digits that are displayed from the answer, but note that calculators work to a limited precision so you may not be able to get much more than 10 to 12 digits this way and if the decimal has more than 12 digits you will not be able to find all the digits.
The only solution is to do the long division (by hand, using the digits displayed by the calculator, but when you run out of digits in the calculator, you can start a new division using the remainder so far to continue for the next few digits).
Alternatively, find a calculator which works to more precision.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 6y agoThe only way is to carry out a long division.
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In repeating decimals the line or bar placed over a repeating decimal?
It is placed over one length of repeating decimal digits.
Can decimal that has repeating digits after the decimal point be converted into a fraction?
Yes, it can.
What symbol represents a repeating decimal?
For a single repeating digit, it is a dot over the digit.For string of repeating digits, it can be a dot over the first and last repeating digits, or a bar over the repeating string.
When writing a repeating decimal as a fraction does the number of repeating digits you use matter?
No... you can write it to any number of decimal places.
What is barnotion?
The line over the digits that repeat in a repeating decimal.
What makes repeating decimals on your calculator?
The calculator will show you the number rounded to the maximum number of displayable digits, just as it does with any number that exceeds the precision of the calculator. It depends upon the calculator. Most calculators do the above; however, the more recent common Casio calculators (eg the fx-83GT Plus) has the ability to display the recurring decimal as a recurring decimal with a dot over the recurring digit (or over the first and last recurring digits if more than 1 digit recurs), as a fraction or as above, with the ability to change the display between them.
What is a decimal that repeats digits an has no end?
a repeating decimal
Is 0.66 a terminating or repeating decimal?
It is terminating - after two decimal digits.
What is a decimal in which one or more digits repeat?
It is a repeating decimal.
What is A repeating decimal is a decimal that?
.. has a string of digits which repeats for ever.
Is 6.767676 is repeating decimal?
No. It terminates after 6 decimal digits.
When A calculator is set to show up to 10 digits of a decimal number and yields the following 10 digit output .3263263263. Is it possible to determine whether or not this number is rational why?
The decimal shows a repeating pattern. Repeating decimals are rational.
What is four- elevenths as a decimal?
It is a repeating decimal that starts: 0.363636... (repeating the digits '36' forever).
What is the sum of the digits of the repeating decimal?
Infinity.
A decimal with finite number of digits?
Repeating
In repeating decimals the line or bar placed over a repeating decimal?
It is placed over one length of repeating decimal digits.
Can decimal that has repeating digits after the decimal point be converted into a fraction?
Yes, it can.
