Division of Decimals

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A terminating decimal is a decimal that stops, or terminates.

Examples: 1.25 or 0.892

A repeating decimal is a decimal that has a repeating digit or a repeating group of digits.

Examples: 1.3333… or .121212121…

Repeating decimals usually have a bar across the repeating portion.

2.3

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62

8

7

56

6

.0

.

0

7

56

4

0

0

5

40

0

Terminating decimal

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5

6

.0

.

8

4 8

2

0

0

3

18

2

0

0

3

18

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This is a repeating decimal.

.83

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