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Rocket Launch Day: Decimal Records

Convert rational numbers to terminating or repeating decimals using long division in model rocket launch-day records.

Grade 7MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to7.NS.A.2.d

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 7
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use long division to convert rational numbers to exact decimals.
  • Students use remainders to explain why rational decimals terminate or repeat.

How to use

Have students show long division on separate paper. Discuss how a zero remainder differs from a repeated nonzero remainder.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.NS.A.2.d

Change a rational number to a decimal with long division and know the decimal either ends or repeats.

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Rocket Launch Day: Decimal Records

Use long division to write exact decimals and identify repeating patterns.

Prepare the Launch Records

Use long division. Write exact decimals, not rounded values. Parentheses mark the repeating block: 0.(23) means 0.232323… .

1.
A model rocket's body tube is 7/8 meter long. Convert its length to a decimal.

7/8 =   m

2.
A launch record shows a timing correction of −11/20 second. Write the signed correction as a decimal.

−11/20 =   s

3.
One rocket's recovery streamer is 5/6 meter long. Which decimal gives its exact length?
  • A. 0.8(3) m
  • B. 0.8(6) m
  • C. 0.83 m
  • D. 0.(83) m

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