These are decimal numbers, and dots above some of the digits make them recurring decimals. One dot means the digit under it repeats infinitely. In other words, it goes on forever (and ever and ever).

WHILE experimenting with a system of counting by twelves, 1 suddenly I came upon a series of numbers that behaved in the most extraordinary way. Discovery followed discovery. One day the whole ...

The video starts by explaining the relationship between fractions and decimals, emphasizing that both represent parts of a whole. You’ll learn the basic process of converting a fraction to a decimal ...

The Mathematical Gazette is the original journal of the Mathematical Association and it is now over a century old. Its readership is a mixture of school teachers, college and university lecturers, ...

1/3 can be written as 0.33333… (with a string of 3s going on forever) and 4/9 can be written as 0.44444… . We call these recurring decimals. Use a calculator to see what 1/11, 2/11 and 3/11 are as ...

Short division is also known as the bus stop method and is often used to divide large numbers. Start with 8 ÷ 7. 8 ÷ 7 = 1 remainder 1. Write 1 above 8 and carry the 1 to the next digit to give 17 17 ...