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ERIC Number: EJ450716
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0740-8404
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Patterns Related to the Decimal Expansion of 2-n.
Cusumano, Andrew
AMATYC Review, v13 n2 p23-27 Spr 1992
Discusses 4 numerical patterns occurring in the decimal expansions of 2 raised to a negative exponent. Includes two row patterns, one diagonal pattern, and a pattern in the sum of the digits of the expansions. Conjectures are presented for each pattern and subsequently proved. (MDH)
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Enrichment Activities, Exponents (Mathematics), Learning Activities, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Patterns in Mathematics, Postsecondary Education, Proof (Mathematics), Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Available from AMATYC, SUNY Ag-Tech College, Cobleskill, NY 12043.