alleryStart learning →A decimal whose digits go on repeating without end is called a:
ARepeating decimal
BRounding decimal
CReversing decimal
DReducing decimal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Repeating decimal
1. Some divisions never terminate.
2. Dividing can produce a decimal that never ends.
3. Such a number is called a repeating decimal.
4. It is written with a bar over the repeating digits.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Decimals', sections 5.1-5.7_
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