Mr. Appledorf's On-Line PowerPoint Math Lessons

Fractions and Decimals

Objectives:
Students will demonstrate that every rational number is or can be converted to a fraction and show why non-terminating, non-repeating decimal numbers cannot.

NCTM Standards:
Students compare and contrast the properties of numbers and number systems, including the rational numbers.
Students judge the reasonableness of numerical computations and their results.

California Content Standards:
1.0 Students identify and use the arithmetic properties of rational and irrational numbers.
25.0 Students use properties of the number system to judge the validity of results, to justify each step of a procedure, and to prove or disprove statements.

Slides:

* Kinds of Numbers
* Types of Decimal Numbers
* Terminating Decimals
* Non-Terminating Repeating Decimals
* Long Division Results
* Decimal to Fraction Conversion
* Irrational Numbers

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