# NCERT Class 9 Solutions: Number Systems (Chapter 1) Exercise 1.3 – Part 2 (For CBSE, ICSE, IAS, NET, NRA 2022)

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Q. 4 Express 0.9999 … in the form . Are you surprised by your answer? With your teacher and classmates discuss why the answer makes sense.

Solution:

In this decimal one digit 9 repeats; so, when we multiply by 10

Now this is happening because the more digits we include in this decimal the closes we get to 1. For example 0.99999 is much closer to 1 than 0.9. And so 0.9999 … 9 repeated infinitely will be very very close to 1 which is what we are getting.

To think in a different way, we can make the difference between 1 and 0.99 … as small as we wish by taking enough 9՚s.

Q. 5 What can the maximum number of digits be in the repeating block of digits in the decimal expansion of ? Perform the division to check your answer.

Solution:

• When we divide a prime number 17 into 1 there will be a remainder, it will be less than 17, i.e.. it will be 1,2 … 16. Now we take this remainder add 0 to it and then divide again with 17. Now we get a second remainder. Since we cannot have a remainder from before (that will cause the repeating block to restart) , there are only 16 possible remainders before they will start repeating. Therefore the decimal expansion of can contain maximum 16 digits in the repeating block.
• Here is the long division of 1 with 17

• It is 16 repeating digits.

Q. 6 Look at several examples of rational numbers in the form , where p and q are integers with no common factors other than 1 and having terminating decimal representations (expansions) . Can you guess what property q must satisfy?

Solution:

A fraction (in simplest form/lowest terms) terminates in its decimal form, if the prime factors of the denominator are only 2՚s and 5՚s or a product of prime factors, 2՚s and 5՚s. Otherwise it repeats. In the examples listed below, factor the denominators into the product of prime factors and understand what happens.

 Terminate Repeat , where 2 in the denominator is the prime factor of () . Here, 3 in the denominator is not the prime factor of 2՚s & 5՚s. , where 5 in the denominator is the prime factor of () . Where, 15 () in the denominator is not the prime factor of 2՚s & 5՚s. , where 10 in the denominator is the prime factor of ( Where, 30 () in the denominator is not the prime factor of 2՚s & 5՚s. , where 25 in the denominator is the prime factor of () . Where, 66 () in the denominator is not the prime factor of 2՚s & 5՚s. , where 16 in the denominator is the prime factor of () . Where, 21 () in the denominator is not the prime factor of 2՚s & 5՚s. , where 20 in the denominator is the prime factor of () . Where, 29 () in the denominator is not the prime factor of 2՚s & 5s.

This is because during the process of division zeroes are added towards the end and only 2 and 5 are guaranteed to divide all numbers ending in zero.

Q. 7 Write three numbers whose decimal expansion are non-terminating non-recurring.

Solution:

• Non-terminating and non-recurring numbers are known as irrational numbers.
• Irrational numbers cannot be expressed in the form of where
• Following are there possible numbers:

Q. 8 Find three different irrational numbers between the rational numbers .

Solution:

And

Possible irrational numbers between them can be as follows:

Q. 9 Classify the following numbers as rational or irrational:

Solution:

1. (Non-terminating, non-recurring) Irrational number
2. Rational number
3. Decimal expansion is terminating , it is Rational Number
4. . Number is non-terminating but recurring, it is Rational Number
5. Decimal expansion is non-terminating, non-repeating, it is Irrational Number

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