Investigating Decimal Fractions with the Hand Calculator.

Meyer, Ruth A.; Riley, James E.

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ERIC Number: EJ307492

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Investigating Decimal Fractions with the Hand Calculator.

Meyer, Ruth A.; Riley, James E.

School Science and Mathematics, v84 n7 p556-64 Nov 1984

Imaginative ways of using calculators to explore decimal fractions with secondary school and some middle school students are given. Four explorations on terminating and repeating decimals, the length of periods, and relationships are described. An appendix presents mathematical proofs. (MNS)

Descriptors: Calculators, Decimal Fractions, Learning Activities, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Proof (Mathematics), Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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