Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel
Chapter 19 - Grade 8
Section CLXXI-1901 - The Number System
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers, show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually. Convert a decimal expansion that repeats eventually into a rational number by analyzing repeating patterns.
B. Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on a number line diagram, and estimate the value of expressions (e.g., [PI SQUARE]).
Example: By truncating the decimal expansion of [RIGHT]2, show that [RIGHT]2 is between 1and 2, then between 1.4 and 1.5, and explain how to continue on to get better approximations.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6, R.S. 17:24.4, and RS. 17:154.