Has a Non-Terminating Decimal Expansion?

An irrational number. ... A number having non terminating and recurring decimal

recurring decimal
A repeating decimal or recurring decimal is decimal representation of a number whose digits are periodic (repeating its values at regular intervals) and the infinitely repeated portion is not zero.
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expansion is a rational number because we can write it as pq form where p and q can be any integer but q can never be equal to zero. For example let a non- terminating and recurring decimal number is 1.3333...........

What is an example of a non terminating decimal?

Terminating and Non-Terminating Decimals

Example: 0.15, 0.86, etc. Non-terminating decimals are the one that does not have an end term. It has an infinite number of terms.

Is 0.375 a non terminating decimal?

The decimal is terminating.

0.375 → 375. This requires moving decimal point to 3 places to the right to make it a whole number. Move the decimal point of the denominator to the right by the same number of places that the decimal point of the numerator moves which is 3. ... Therefore, 0.375 in fraction is 38.

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