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A terminating decimal is a number that stops dividing after a number of decimal points and is therefore a rational number.

For instance, 1/2 = 0.5. (so 0.5 is a rational number because it can be written as a fraction).
Terminating number or better known as terminating decimal has an end. It has to stop after the decimal point.

Examples:

1/2 = 0.5

1/4 = 0.25

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Some decimals repeat, some keep going and some stop. The ones that stop are known as terminating decimals.

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