Question

Quick question. What is a terminating decimal?
Can I also get an example?

Answer 1

one which has a finite number of digits after the decimal point eg 0.3 , 0.1212

Answer 2

ok thank you

Answer 3

then what is the difference between a terminating and a repeating decimal?

Answer 4

some decimals like that equal to 1/3 are non terminating and go on infinitely
1/3 = 0.3333.........
and are sometimes written as

Answer 5

oh ok so repeating is the same numbers repeating and terminating is more but they go on too?

Answer 6

terminating may go on for a lot of digits but they do stop sometime repeating never stop

0.33333333 is a terminating decimal
but 0.3333333.... is repeating

Answer 7

oh ok thanks

Answer 8

yw

Answer 9

terminating stop but repeating dont got it thank you you are a real help

Answer 10

yw

Answer 11

these lessons are bad they dont explane well

Answer 12

explain*