Expanding the Limits of the Calculator Display.

Sherzer, Laurence

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ERIC Number: EJ331999

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Publication Date: 1986

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Expanding the Limits of the Calculator Display.

Sherzer, Laurence

Mathematics Teacher, v79 n1 p20-21 Jan 1986

Describes a process which allows students to explore repeating decimals without being inhibited by the limitations of the calculator display. In addition, the process can take some of the mystery from the decimal forms of rational numbers. (JN)

Descriptors: Calculators, College Mathematics, Decimal Fractions, High Schools, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Rational Numbers, Secondary School Mathematics

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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