Continued Fraction for 5/13

Express 5/13 as a continued fraction

In decimal terms, = 0.38461538461538

Start Number	Integer Number	Decimal Portion = Start - Integer	Reciprocal =1 ÷ Decimal Portion
0.38461538461538	0	0.385	2.5974
2.5974	2	0.597	1.675
1.675	1	0.675	1.4815
1.4815	1	0.482	2.0747
2.0747	2	0.075	13.3333
13.3333	13	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003
3.003	3	0.003	333.3333
333.3333	333	0.333	3.003

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

Our continued fraction representation is: [0; 2, 1, 1, 2, 13, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333, 3, 333]

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Decimal Portion = Start - Integer
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What 4 concepts are covered in the Continued Fraction Calculator?

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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