What's a terminating decimal?

Teagan Horton

Teagan Horton

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2022-03-12

What's a terminating decimal?

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yourboytoyo1e

yourboytoyo1e

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A terminating decimal example is 2.3, or 4.71, or 8.950, or 20.45.
A non-terminating decimal example would be 33.33333... or 20.12121212...
The '...' shows that the decimals go on for forever, and these decimals are commonly seen when dividing numbers by numbers they can't be divided perfectly with. For example,
8÷3=2.66666
The above is a non terminating decimal.
However, terminating decimals end after a certain number, and they do not go on infinitely like non-terminating ones.

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