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Unit 7
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Represent decimal expansions as rational numbers in fraction form.
The core standards covered in this lesson
8.NS.A.1 — Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion which repeats eventually into a rational number.
The foundational standards covered in this lesson
7.NS.A.2.D — Convert a rational number to a decimal using long division; know that the decimal form of a rational number terminates in 0s or eventually repeats.
7.NS.A.3 — Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers. Computations with rational numbers extend the rules for manipulating fractions to complex fractions.
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Write each rational number in the form $${a\over{b}}$$, where $$a$$ and $$b$$ are integers, and $$b\neq0$$.
a. $${0.3333}$$
b. $${-5.05}$$
c. $${\sqrt{64}}$$
e. $${\sqrt{4\over25}}$$
f. $${\sqrt{1.21}}$$
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A student wrote two repeating decimals as fractions using the strategy shown below.
Given the decimal $$0.\overline{12}$$
Let $$x=0.\overline{12}$$
Then $$100x=12.\overline{12}$$
Given the decimal $$0.\overline{123}$$
Let $$x=0.\overline{123}$$
Then $$1000x=123.\overline{123}$$
a. Describe the student’s strategy in your own words.
b. Use the same strategy to write the two decimals below as fractions.
What is the sum of $${0.1}$$ and $${0.\overline3}$$ written as a fraction?
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Write each decimal expansion as a rational number in the form $${a\over b}$$, where $$a$$ and $$b$$ are integers.
a. $${0.61313}$$
b. $${0.6\overline{13}}$$
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Understand the Pythagorean Theorem as a relationship between the side lengths in a right triangle.
Topic A: Irrational Numbers and Square Roots
Define, evaluate, and estimate square roots.
Standards
8.EE.A.2
Understand that some numbers, including $${\sqrt{2}}$$, are irrational. Approximate the value of irrational numbers.
8.NS.A.18.NS.A.2
Locate irrational values approximately on a number line. Compare values of irrational numbers.
8.NS.A.2
Represent rational numbers as decimal expansions.
8.NS.A.1
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Topic B: Understanding and Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
8.G.B.6
Understand a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
Use the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem to determine if a triangle is a right triangle.
Find missing side lengths involving right triangles and apply to area and perimeter problems.
8.G.B.7
Solve real-world and mathematical problems using the Pythagorean Theorem (Part I).
Solve real-world and mathematical problems using the Pythagorean Theorem (Part II).
Find the distance between points in the coordinate plane using the Pythagorean Theorem.
8.G.B.8
Topic C: Volume and Cube Roots
Define and evaluate cube roots. Solve equations in the form $${x^2=p}$$ and $${x^3=p}$$.
8.EE.A.28.NS.A.2
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the volume of cylinders and cones.
8.G.C.9
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the volume of spheres.
Solve real-world problems involving multiple three-dimensional shapes, in particular, cylinders, cones, and spheres.
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