The first are the 'sevenths', shown below:
I remember first being amazed when showed me that 1/7 was what's called a repeating decimal -- that is, the digits 142857 repeat over and over again in that order forever, which is often written as
Here's a few other sequences that are easy to remember:
Each of the 'ninths' is simply the numerator repeated forever. In fact, this is just the simplest case of a much broader pattern -- that of any denominator of all 9's. Any fraction with all 9's in the denominator will have a representation that simply repeats the numerator over and over again. (A small catch: you may have to add a few zeroes to pad the numerator so it has as many digits as the number of nines in the denominator). Here's a few examples:
If I haven't bored you enough, I'll show a few others that I've learned
The pattern here may not be quite as obvious, but 'elevenths' have a nice trick to them too. Take the numerator, and multiply it by nine, and that's the number that gets repeated.
Finally, a pair of fractions that might have been twins separated at birth:
It's ok if you just said "Awesome" or something similar. As I said above - I think God designed these patterns to help us learn and understand math better, and this lost pair is not the only pair that exists, just the first one I was ever shown. I won't list anymore, but I will point out that 27*37 = 999, and that is perhaps enough of a hint to get you on a path to discovering your own. If you find some others, feel free to post them in the comments below!
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