Content description VC2M8N03

Mathematics Version 2.0 / Level 8 / Number

Content description

convert between fractions and terminating or recurring decimals, using digital tools as appropriate

Elaborations

identifying when a fraction has a terminating decimal expansion from the prime factorisation of its denominator; for example, $\frac{7}{24} = 0.291 \overline{6}$ does not have a terminating decimal expansion, while $\frac{7}{25} = 0.28$ does
identifying terminating, recurring and non-terminating decimals and choosing their appropriate representations such as $\frac{1}{3}$ is represented as $0 . \overline{3}$

Code

VC2M8N03

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