Continued Fraction for 3/5

Express 3/5 as a continued fraction

In decimal terms, = 0.6

Start Number	Integer Number	Decimal Portion = Start - Integer	Reciprocal =1 ÷ Decimal Portion
0.6	0	0.6	1.6667
1.6667	1	0.667	1.4993
1.4993	1	0.499	2.004
2.004	2	0.004	250
250	250	0

We stop when the difference portion = 0, and use the Integer Column for our representation:

Our continued fraction representation is: [0; 1, 1, 2, 250]

Our continued fraction representation is: [0; 1, 1, 2, 250]

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continued fraction: a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is an integer and whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction and so on
decimal: Number in the form a/b where the result is not a whole number
fraction: how many parts of a certain size exist
a/b where a is the numerator and b is the denominator
integer: a whole number; a number that is not a fraction
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