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They are called rational numbers
With the small sample provided, it doesn't look as if it is repeating. The problem, however, lies in the "and so forth"; it is not clear what rule you use to write the decimal digits, and depending on what exactly that rule is, it may, or may not, be a repeating decimal. To be "repeating", and therefore a rational number, after a while the same group of digits has to repeat over and over, without end.
a random sample
An irrational number.
they are called repeating decimals.