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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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