A series of questions can be posed and resolved in the process of teaching that the decimal expansions of rationals are terminating or repeating. (SD)

This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series is designed to make material for the study of topics of special interest to students readily accessible in classroom quantity. Topics covered include the decimal system, exponential notation, base seven, and the binary and duodecimal…

Development of the repeating decimal expansion for rational numbers is discussed. Expressions for numbers in other bases are also presented. (SD)

This is one in a series of manuals for teachers using SMSG high school supplementary materials. The pamphlet includes commentaries on the sections of the student's booklet, answers to the exercises, and sample test questions. Topics covered include factors and primes, perfect numbers, divisibility, expanded notation, repeating decimals, number…

This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series is designed to make material for the study of topics of special interest to students readily accessible in classroom quantity. Topics covered include natural numbers, positive integers, sets, well ordering, lower bound, upper bound,…

This is volume one of a three-volume SMSG junior high school mathematics text. This volume contains units concerned with the structure of the number systems of arithmetic. Unit topics include: (1) numeration; (2) natural numbers and zero; (3) factoring and primes; (4) supplementary tests for divisibility and repeating decimals; (5) the…

This is volume one of a three-volume set for teachers using SMSG junior high school text materials. Each unit contains a commentary on the text, answers to all the exercises, a copy of the questionnaire used for evaluating the material, and a summary of comments by the teachers using the text. Unit topics include: (1) numeration; (2) natural…