Terminating and Repeating Decimals

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What is a repeating decimal?

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A decimal that has a pattern and goes on forever, such as 0.444444444... or 0.3333...

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What is a terminating decimal?

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A decimal that has a finite number of digits, such as 0.5 or 1.25.

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Is 0.1 a repeating or terminating decimal?

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Terminating decimal.

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Is 0.3333... a repeating or terminating decimal?

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Repeating decimal.

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What fraction corresponds to the repeating decimal 0.6666...?

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2/3.

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What fraction corresponds to the repeating decimal 0.142857142857...?

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1/7.

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How can you identify a repeating decimal from a fraction?

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If the decimal representation has a bar notation or continues indefinitely without stopping.

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What happens to the decimal representation of a fraction if the denominator has prime factors other than 2 or 5?

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It will be a repeating decimal.

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What is the decimal representation of 1/4?

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0.25 (Terminating decimal).

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What is the decimal representation of 1/3?

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0.3333... (Repeating decimal).