repeating decimal

Endless digit pattern

A repeating decimal is a decimal number in which a digit or sequence of digits recurs infinitely: 1/3 = 0.333..., 1/7 = 0.142857142857...

The repeating portion is sometimes indicated with a bar over the digits or parentheses: 0.3̄ or 0.(142857).

All fractions produce either terminating or repeating decimals.

mathematical

rational number

Fraction with integer parts

quotientDivision's numerical result
divisorNumber you split by
dividendCorporate profit share

numerator · denominator · periodic · division · fraction · conversion · long division · remainder · vinculum · overline

pattern

sequence

Ordered succession of elements

periodicityRecurring at regular intervals
recurrenceReturn of something previous
cycleRepeating sequence of events

digits · iteration · regularity · predictability · rhythm · loop · cyclical · systematic · ordered · consistent

infinity

endless

Without termination or boundary

unendingLacking any terminus
infiniteHaving no bounds
perpetualLasting without interruption

continuing · limitless · boundless · interminable · never-ending · continuous · ongoing · without end

Categories

decimal number
decimalstenth, tenths, hundredth, hundredths, thousandth
fractionshalf, halves, third, thirds, fourth
place valueplace value, ones, tens, hundreds, thousands

Opposites

number type complexity

repeating decimalinteger

Number lacking fractions

whole number · natural number · round number · irrational number · counting number

pattern predictability

repeating decimalirrational number

Non-ratio real value

pi · e

Family

repeat, repeats, repeated, repeating, repeater, repeaters, repetition, repetitions, repetitive

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