document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=155123>Question 155123</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Division can be used to show that 7 over 40 can be written as what kind of decimal? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since there can be at most 39 different remainders when you divide<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by 40, the decimal must repeat its pattern if your dividing takes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "more than 39 steps.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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