It means that it is a decimal representation of a rational fraction.
a decimal that repeats is called a repeating decimal
repeating decimal
I you mean third of a pound it is 0.33333333333333 This decimal repeats itself.
In the decimal expansion of , the digit repeats indefinitely.
It is a repeating decimal.
If you mean the exact decimal 0.33333 then it is 33333/100000 If you mean the recurring decimal 0.33333... (that is the 3 repeats forever) then it is 1/3
A repeated decimal is a decimal representation of a number in which, following a finite string of digits, the decimal digits settles into a string which repeats itself again and again - forever. For example, 111.11/77 = 1.44298701298701... The repeating pattern 298701 appears after the first three digits of the decimal representation.
a repeating decimal
17 is already in decimal. If you mean 1/7 (the fraction) then it's 0.142857, and the 142857 in the fraction part repeats forever.
.. has a string of digits which repeats for ever.
It is a recurring decimal.
a decimal in which a digit or group of digits repeats without end