In mathematics, a rational number is a number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers, a numerator p and a non-zero denominator q. Rational numbers have decimal expansions which either terminate or recur.
RECURRING DECIMALS
What's so unusual about the number 142857?
Key questions
Do we associate fractions with division?
Can we convert between fractions and decimals?
How do we convert a recurring decimal to a fraction?
Can we problem solve with recurring decimals?
~2 lessons
Specification detail
Literacy
stories that set a frame or background
stories that accompany or intertwine
stories that introduce
stories that explain
stories that ask a question
stories that entertain
The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensburger
Introducing...
Galois - narrative
the number devil - narrative
three in a row - 1,2
recurring decimals to fractions -
Developing...
terminating and recurring decimals practice strips - 2,3
terminating and recurring decimals match - 2,3