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Not all decimals can be expressed as fractions. Only terminating and recurring decimals can be expressed as fractions.

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a recurring decimal:

0.3333333... = 1/3

A terminating decimal:

0.125 = 1/8

A decimal that does not recurr or terminate, cannot be expressed as a fraction.

eg

Pi = 3.141592654...

Pi can not be expressed as a fraction as it does not recurr or terminate.

It can only be approximated to a fraction.

eg

Pi ≈ 355/113 but is correct to 6 decimal places.

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