4/11 is a repeating decimal.
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A non-terminating decimal is a decimal that does not terminate, and goes on forever, and a repeating decimal is a number that continues on forever with a repeated pattern
Eleven over fifty is .222 as a terminating decimal.
Divide 11 by 6 and keep going until you get a repeating string of digits.
1/3, 1/6, 1/7, 1/9, 1/11, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15 all have repeating decimal representations, while 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, and 1/16 have terminating decimal representations.
9/11 = 0.81818181 ..... repeating