Answers to exercises on repeating decimals
1. Multiply by 10, since the repeating pattern is just one digit. Answer:
34/9
2. Multiply by 10, since the repeating pattern is just one digit. Remember
to re-express your answer so that it is the quotient of two whole numbers.
Answer:339/90 (or 113/30 in reduced form)
3. Multiply by 100, since the repeating pattern is two digits. Answer: 343/99
4. Multiply by 100, since the repeating pattern is two digits. Remember to
re-express your answer so that it is the quotient of two whole numbers. Answer:
3511/990
5. Multiply by 1000, since the repeating pattern is three digits. Answer:4119/999
6. Multiply by 1000, since the repeating pattern is three digits. Remember
to re-express your answer so that it is the quotient of two whole numbers.
Answer: 45078/9990