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One third as a decimal

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.333333333 ect. so the three is a repeating decimal. hope this helps. :))
User Mentinet
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One third is one of those rational numbers that can never be
exactly written as a decimal. To change a fraction into its
decimal, you divide the top number by the bottom number,
and the quotient is the decimal form of the fraction.
When you divide 1 by 3 , you get .333... and the 3s never
stop. They just keep going on forever.
That's called a "repeating" decimal.

User Ruhul Amin
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