If a non-zero rational number, in its simplest form, has a denominator with any factor other than 2 or 5, the ratio cannot be represented by a terminating decimal. So, repeating decimals are used to represent the vast majority of rational numbers.
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Non-repeating decimals is not a word but a phrase. Non-repeating decimals are irrational numbers.
No, Albert Einstein did not invent repeating decimals.
Terminating and repeating decimals are rational numbers.
No.