KEY SKILLS

FDP Correspondences – Part VIII 366

– Recurring Decimals to Fractions 367

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Prerequisites: Be able to Worked Example 1: Worked Example 2:

convert non-recurring Convert 0. 4ሶ to a fraction Convert 0.45ሶ 7ሶ to a fraction.
decimals to fractions.
Call your number 𝑥, and
right with the recurring
Key Notation: When we 𝑥 = 0.44444 … digits repeated. 𝑥 = 0.45757 …
write ‘recurring dots’ 10𝑥 = 4.44444 … 100𝑥 = 45.75757 …
above digits, it indicates If the recurring digit
9𝑥 = 4 repeats every 1 digit, 99𝑥 = 45.3 Even with the
the digits to repeat
between. If a single dot, we
4 multiply both sides by 10. 45.3 453 cancelled
𝑥= If every 2 digits, × 100, if 𝑥= = digits, we may
repeat that single digit. e.g. 9 every 3, × 1000 and so on. 99 990 have digits left
Make sure the decimal after the
0. 3ሶ = 0.3333333 … points line up vertically.
151 decimal point.
0. 4ሶ 5ሶ = 0.45454545 …
= We end up
Divide both sides of 330 with 45.7 − 0.4
0.45ሶ = 0.45555555 … the equation to get 𝑥 Subtract your two
equations. Any digits We don’t like
on its own.
0.340 ሶ 1ሶ = 0.3401401 … the same will cancel. decimals in fractions, Simplify if possible.
so multiply top and
bottom by 10.

Core Questions Problem Solving

Convert the following Put the following recurring
1 recurring decimals to 3 decimals in ascending
fractions in their simplest numerical order:
form. 0.437
a 0. 7ሶ b 0. 5ሶ 0.437ሶ
0.43ሶ 7ሶ
c 0. 3ሶ d 0. 6ሶ ሶ 7ሶ
0. 43
e 0. 3ሶ 6ሶ f 0. 4ሶ 5ሶ
Write the value of 0.02ሶ × 0.26ሶ as
g 0. 6ሶ 2ሶ h 0. 8ሶ 9ሶ 4 a fraction in its simplest form.
i ሶ 4ሶ
0. 31 j ሶ 3ሶ
0. 12
ሶ 4ሶ If 𝑥 = 0. 𝑎,ሶ where 𝑎 is some digit,
k 0. 50ሶ 4ሶ l 0. 07
5 determine the value of 0.2𝑎ሶ in
terms of 𝑥.
Convert the following
2 recurring decimals to
fractions in their simplest
form.
a 0.13ሶ b 0.25ሶ
c 0.86ሶ d 0.15ሶ
e 0.12ሶ 4ሶ f 0.23ሶ 5ሶ
g 0.58ሶ 7ሶ h 0.78ሶ 9ሶ
10 5 675
i ሶ 1ሶ
0.430 j ሶ 3ሶ
0.012
4.
4
5.
1
+ 𝑥
1
3. 0.437, 0.43ሶ 7,ሶ 0. 43ሶ 7,ሶ 0.437ሶ
k 2.827ሶ 4ሶ l 1.110ሶ 0ሶ 391
(h)
4297
495
(i)
41
9990
(j)
3330
14123
(k)
9990
4995
11089
(l)
15 90 15 45 330 990 165
2(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
2 23 13 7 41 233 97
99 999 333 111 27
(h) (i) (j) (k) (l)
89 314 41 56 2
9 9 3 3 11 11 99
1(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
7 5 1 2 4 5 62
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