These are decimal numbers, and dots above some of the digits make them recurring decimals. One dot means the digit under it repeats infinitely. In other words, it goes on forever (and ever and ever).

WHILE experimenting with a system of counting by twelves, 1 suddenly I came upon a series of numbers that behaved in the most extraordinary way. Discovery followed discovery. One day the whole ...

Even with very limited expertise in mathematics, many of us know that a recurring decimal is one that repeats itself forever. Regretably, we here in Antigua and Barbuda are again faced with a vexing ...

1/3 can be written as 0.33333… (with a string of 3s going on forever) and 4/9 can be written as 0.44444… . We call these recurring decimals. Use a calculator to see what 1/11, 2/11 and 3/11 are as ...

The Mathematical Gazette is the original journal of the Mathematical Association and it is now over a century old. Its readership is a mixture of school teachers, college and university lecturers, ...