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[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-04-27] [Hit: ]
.. to be repeating-Yes, you have to include the dots, or else the numeric value you are trying to write will be different from the one you are thinking about.To indicate that a decimal is recurring,......
Is 0.33333 repeating

or does it have to be 0.33333..... to be repeating

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Yes, you have to include the dots, or else the numeric value you are trying to write will be different from the one you are thinking about.

To indicate that a decimal is recurring, place three dots at the end (not five dots, as you did). The three-dot symbol is known as an "ellipsis."

So, 0.33333... (with an ellipsis) represents the exact value 1/3.

If you leave off the ellipsis, it represents a different value: That is, 0.33333 (without an ellipsis) is 33333/100000, which is not equal to 1/3.

Now, conceptually, you can write 0.333..., 0.33333..., or 0.333333333333..., and they would all mean the same thing: 1/3.

However, as a matter of style, when the period of the recurring decimal is just 1, as with the decimal expansion of 1/3, you should write the numeral three times, followed by the ellipsis: That is, 1/3 = 0.333... (not 0.33... or 0.33333...)

If the period of the recurring decimal is 2 or more, you only need to write the numeric sequence twice, followed by the three-dot ellipsis: Thus, 7/11 = 0.6363... (not 0.63... or 0.63636363...)

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When a deciamal has a repeating pattern then its repeating. for 0.33333 you could just put 0.3 with a line above the 3. Or if you have 0.474747 you put 0.47 with a line over the 47. The line represents that its a repeating dicimal. The line is like as if you underline something but the line is on top. hope this helps

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You either have to follow the repeating digits by an ellipses (.....) or a bar over the last block of repeating digits to indicate that the pattern continues indefinitely. 0.33333 is not repeating.

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a repeating decimal never ends and it has the same number so the "...." would symbolize repeating. if it ends at all it isnt a repeating decimal.

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i assume youre talking about 1/3 and im pretty sure that its the previous one...i dont think that there is a decimal that comes out to be .33333 exactly that doesnt translate into 1/3

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The elipses (...) at the end means it is repeating. A line above the final 3 would also mean it repeats.

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round it.
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