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#1 2006-03-08 11:51:19
- 3dhomejoe
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Place-Value Patterns
ok i got some HW and i do not know how to do it.
here is some of them
1. 0.4____________, ______________0.7
2. 0.36 ___________, ______________ 0.39
3. 1.436, 1.437 ________________, ____________
Could any one help me?? 
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#2 2006-03-08 12:07:19
- Ricky
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Re: Place-Value Patterns
0.5, 0.6
0.37, 0.38
1.438, 1.439
No?
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#3 2006-03-08 12:35:38
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Re: Place-Value Patterns
so how did you do it??
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#4 2006-03-08 12:41:17
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Re: Place-Value Patterns
Pattern recognition.
When you see:
1, 2, 3, _, 5, 6, 7
You can normally guess what goes in there. I just did the same with decimals.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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