Fractions and Recurring Decimals (AQA GCSE Maths): Quizzes

📚Quizzes
Fractions and recurring decimals
Sign up to keep practising.Create a free account to play more quizzes and track your progress.

Practise the questions

10 questions from this quiz

Show

What is a recurring decimal?

A decimal with a repeating pattern

What is a terminating decimal?

A decimal that comes to an end

When does a fraction give a terminating decimal?

Denominator has only factors 2 & 5

What causes a fraction to give a recurring decimal?

Denominator has other prime factors

Will 16\frac{1}{6} give a terminating or recurring decimal?

Recurring

In 0.2340.\overline{234}, what does the bar notation show?

234 repeats endlessly

To convert 0.2340.\overline{234} to a fraction, what do you multiply rr by first?

1000

Why does converting 0.160.1\overline{6} need two multiplications?

To handle non-repeating & recurring

Using the 9s method, what does 2499\frac{24}{99} equal as a recurring decimal?

0.240.\overline{24}

Before applying the prime factor rule, what must you check?

Fraction is in simplest form

Join 100,000+ GCSE students studying Quizzes with us.

Select your subjects, and get access to A+ resources today.