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How do you do a a division decimal problem if it goes on forever?
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When the answer (called the quotient) starts repeating, put a vertical line over the repeating part. For example, in 10/7 = 1.428571... the six digits after the decimal point repeat endlessly, so put a line over them. Likewise, 1/3 = 0.333..., so just put 0.3 with a line over the 3. The line over the repeated block is called an overline or vinculum. In complicated fractional quotients like 13/43, the repeating block can be HUGE (because both the dividend and divisor are prime numbers - in this case it's 0.302325581395348837209...). Keep dividing until the block repeats completely once, to be sure, and it can take a lot of long division before it does. All decimal (rational) fractions will either terminate in a fixed number of digits, or eventually resolve with a repeating block.
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Is irrational mean negative numbers?
No. An irrational number has a whole number, followed by a decimal, which has no repeating pattern to it. For example, Pi: 3.14159265358979...... it goes on forever, with no pattern. unlike 5 and one-third: 5.33333333333333.... it goes on forever, but there is a pattern to it. or 4.12121212121212
Is the square root of 150 irrational number?
Yes the square root of 150 is 12.247448713915890490986420373529This is irrational because the answer is a number that the decimal goes on forever without repeating.
What is the last number in the pie equation?
Pi is not an equation. It is a number. And it's a non repeating, non terminating decimal. Therefor it goes on forever without ever repeating.
What is 2 over 3 in a decimal?
0.6 Recurring (if you don't know what that is, it basically means it goes on forever, like 0.66666666666666666666666666666...). You can show it by putting 0.6 with a dot above the six.
What dose terminating mean in maths?
In the context of decimal numbers, it means ENDING. So the decimal for 1/2 is 0.5 the decimal representation TERMINATES at 1 digit after the decimal point. The representation for 1/32 is 0.0.3125, a longer stretch after the decimal point, but still the decimal representation is TERMINATING. There are some numbers whose decimal representation ore not terminating. If the number is rational, the represntation is recurring. For example, 1/3 is 0.33... with the 3s going on forever. The decimal representation is said to be recurring. Similarly, 1/7 = 0.142857142857... with the number string repeating forever. Or the number is irrational and the decimal representation is neither terminating nor recurring. It goes on forever, but never settles into a recurring pattern.
What is a bar notation?
A bar notation is a decimal that goes on forever.Insted of doing the division forever it is a line you pu tubove the numbers that keep repeating.
In a division problem the is the number that goes into the dividend?
In a division problem, the ___ is the number that "goes into" the dividend
What is the decimal equivalent of 2 3rds?
.66666666 (it goes on forever)
Is 0.66 a decimal that goes on forever?
0.66 itself doesn't go on forever. If you are trying to express two thirds as a decimal, then it is 0.66 recurring. So that will go on forever.
What is one eleventh as a decimal?
0.09 and it goes on like that forever.
What is the line over a decimal that goes on forever called?
periodic line
When a decimal number is irrational what does it do?
It goes on forever in a non-repeating fashion.
What is 2 over 3 turned into a decimal?
Answer: 0.6 (goes on forever)
What do you call the kind of decimal that goes on forever and does not have digits which repeat?
Irrational.
What is 8 of 9 in decimal form?
.888888888888888 it goes on forever and never ends.
What number goes on forever?
A recurring decimal (caused by the denominator of a fraction have a prime factor other than 2 and 5) or an irrational number (such as √2) goes on forever.
What is 7 over 6 a decimal?
7 over 6 as a decimal is 1.166666.... (6 goes on forever). Hope that helps :)
