Question

Which of the following describes the decimal .3? Repeating decimal Terminating decimal Circulating decimals Repeating factor? There is a line above the 3 on my paper and I don't know what it means.

Answer 1

The correct answer is the given number is repeating decimal.

Explanation:

It is given that a number = 0.333333.....

From this we can see that this is a non terminating decimal number.

Also, this number is repeating number, that means the number 3 is repeating. So the given number is repeating non terminating decimal.

Therefore the correct answer is Repeating decimal(first option)

Answer 2

Repeating decimal

Explanation:

The bar over any number to the right of a decimal point denotes that the number is recurring. Meaning that if the bar (line) is over the number 3 in 0.3, the number 3 is being repeated infinitely. (0.333333333333333333....)

These types of decimals are known as repeating or recurring decimals.

Hope this helps!