Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
cifre del periodo
English translation:
numbers in the repeating pattern
Added to glossary by
cilantro
Apr 4, 2011 11:31
13 yrs ago
Italian term
cifre del periodo
Italian to English
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Mathematics & Statistics
A maths question from a university admissions test. Fortunately most of the test is quite generic, but there are a few maths questions in there and it has never been one of my strong points. Any help with this would be appreciated.
Quante sono le cifre del periodo del risultato decimale della divisione 10/11?
Does it just mean "decimal places?
If it's any help, the correct answer is 2.
Quante sono le cifre del periodo del risultato decimale della divisione 10/11?
Does it just mean "decimal places?
If it's any help, the correct answer is 2.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | number is the repeating pattern |
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Apr 5, 2011 21:41: cilantro Created KOG entry
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number is the repeating pattern
Your question refers to the number of digits in the repeating pattern of a rational number
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Note added at 45 mins (2011-04-04 12:16:17 GMT)
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it's just called "the period", although that explanation is given further along in the references, for instance at the Wolfram site. After having a look in the literature, it seemed to me that period belongs in a more technical text, or in a more the in-depth explanation.
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Note added at 45 mins (2011-04-04 12:16:17 GMT)
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it's just called "the period", although that explanation is given further along in the references, for instance at the Wolfram site. After having a look in the literature, it seemed to me that period belongs in a more technical text, or in a more the in-depth explanation.
Example sentence:
How many numbers are there in the repeating pattern of the division 10/11?
Note from asker:
| Thanks, that makes a lot of sense given that the answer is 0.9090909090.... Is this usually called the "period of repetition" in English? |
| Thanks. Given that this is a university test I think "period" is probably the better option, but your explanation helped me to understand what it means! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks so much for your explanation. I was really struggling with this one!"
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Related KudoZ points
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4
Reference:
"3. Relazione fra il divisore e le cifre del periodo"
see p. 5 of <http://www.gruppoeratostene.com/articoli/Derive_3_progetto_A...
or para. 3 of <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numero_decimale_periodico>
or para. 3 of <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numero_decimale_periodico>
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