Not Continued Fractions

Problem | Teachers' Notes | Hint | Solution | Printable page |
Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Why do this problem?

For experience ofreasoning about the integer part of a number and working with fractions.

Possible approach

Challenge the students to invent their own problems of this type.

Key question

What is the integer part of $N$?

Published February 1998.