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> Any middle school student can calculate 1/3 to be 0.33333... using long division, ... ...the same way That Chuck Norris can count to infinity... twice!

• mywittyname 7y ago
  I smart middle-schooler is absolutely capable of understanding that dividing 1/3 results in an infinitely repeating sequence of 0.33333... Even without understanding the concept of infinity, they will quickly realize that there's no reason to believe the problem will stop adding a 3 to the end of the result with each iteration.
  • ant6n 7y ago
    > I smart middle-schooler is absolutely capable of understanding that dividing 1/3 results in an infinitely repeating sequence of 0.33333.. And how will I smart middle-schooler know that the result of running the long division algorithm is exactly 1/3, rather than some approximation.
• gbrown 7y ago
  Recursively?