5-2ab ording decimals and fractions

Lead the discussion to where students can see that 1.00 divided by 3 is .33. 1 3 , but there is still a fraction. Explain that 1 3 is another 33 tiny squares with one left over and that it keeps going. Because the 3 keeps repeating, the convention is to write this as 0.3333… . Mathematicians write this as (.3 ̅ 3 ). Decimals the repeat in a ... ................
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