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Recurring Decimals To Fractions Questions MME

The document discusses fractions that result in recurring decimals and equivalent fractions and decimals. Examples include fractions that equal 0.9 repeating, 0.6 repeating, and 0.25. Steps are provided for solving problems involving recurring decimals as fractions, including an example where an error is made in the working.

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Recurring Decimals To Fractions Questions MME

The document discusses fractions that result in recurring decimals and equivalent fractions and decimals. Examples include fractions that equal 0.9 repeating, 0.6 repeating, and 0.25. Steps are provided for solving problems involving recurring decimals as fractions, including an example where an error is made in the working.

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Fractions and Recurring Decimals

1(a) Which of the following fractions results in a recurring decimal?


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9 4 3 8
12 6 15 16

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1(b) Which of the following decimals is the same as
12
[1 mark]

0.9ሶ 1.1ሶ 0.89ሶ 0.916ሶ

1(c) Which of the following fractions is the same as 0.6ሶ


[1 mark]

2 4 6 13
13 9 9 50

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2 7
Find what is as a recurring decimal
12
[2 marks]

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3 as a decimal is 0.25
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Find the fraction which is equivalent to 0. 2ሶ 5ሶ


[3 marks]

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4 ሶ 5ሶ is as a fraction.
Find what 0. 13
[3 marks]

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5 Janet completes 4 steps out of 11 in order to unlock an achievement on her favourite


app.
What is the proportion of the achievement that Janet has completed as a recurring
decimal?
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6 Terry is trying to answer the maths question shown below:


“Find what 0.83ሶ is as a fraction”
Terry’s workings are shown below:

Step 1: 0.83ሶ = 𝑥

Step 2: 83. 3ሶ = 10 𝑥

Step 3: 83. 3ሶ = 10 𝑥
− 0.83ሶ = 𝑥
83 = 9𝑥
Step 4: 83 − 9 = 𝑥
𝑥 = 74

Describe what error(s) Terry has made.


Show the correct working to answer Terry's exam question.
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