How do you write 3/7 as a terminating or repeating decimal?
Dowqueuestbew1j
Answered
2022-01-17
How do you write 3/7 as a terminating or repeating decimal?
Answer & Explanation
rodclassique4r
Expert
2022-01-18Added 37 answers
There are several formats for indicating a repeating decimal.
(You may want to check the form your instructor likes).
expressed as a decimal fraction is a repeating decimal with a fairly long (7 digit) pattern before repeating (you can verify this by long division.
One form of expressing this repeating pattern is
macalpinee3
Expert
2022-01-19Added 29 answers
Just do a manual long division of 3 by 7. After 6 decimals the step reminder is 3 and so the sequence repeats.
(Is manual long division still taught in schools? Or do calculators rule?)
BTW, 1/7 and it’s multiples form a pretty, circular pattern.
reccuring
recurring
reccurring
recurring
reccurring
reccurring.
alenahelenash
Expert
2022-01-24Added 366 answers
7 is greater as 3 so the first digit of the decimals is zero the remainder is 3 and we add comma to the result and a 0 to the 3, now 7 in 30 is 4 and 2 remainder, , so