Use your calculator to find which whole number divided by another whole number gives the answer:
| 1.8181818181 |

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One answer is 20 รท 11
What if the target number was:
| 1.1818181818 |
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A spreadsheet could be used to quickly find a solution to this kind of problem.

An algebraic solution might look like this:
Let the target number be x
x = 1.818181.... Equation 1
Therefore 100 x = 181.8181... Equation 2
Subtract equation 1 from equation 1
99x = 180
x = 180/99
x = 20/11