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Q: What do you call the bar on top of a repeating decimal?
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What is 2.161616 repeating decimal using bar notation?

2.16 with a bar on top of the 16


What fraction is equal to 5.3 but the 3 has a line over the top of it?

The fraction is 16/3. The bar over the top of the 3 means that the decimal is a repeating decimal using the term that the bar is over. In this case, the 5.(bar)3 means 5.333333... out to infinity.


How to write a repeating decimal?

for example if the decimal is 6.6 then to make it a repeating decimal you have to write it with a line on top of the .6 thats repeating


What is 0.4444 repeating decimal using bar notation?

you just take the first 3 fours and put a line on top of it


What is the name of the decimal that never stops?

The decimal that never stops is called recurring decimal. For example - 1/3 = 0.3333... and goes on. Such decimals are written with a dot or bar on top of the numbers which are repeating.


What is 0.16 with a line on top of the 6 as a decimal?

0.16666 repeating


How can you figure out if a decimal is repeating?

You know a decimal is repeating when you keep getting the same remainder and you keep adding the same decimal onto the end. On calculators it may be expressed as, as an example, 0.6666667. When writing a reoccurring (repeating) decimal it is usually expressed as one decimal with a line over the top of it.


In 6 divided by 7 what comes next after 0.857142857142?

0.857142857142 is part of the never ending, repeating decimal representation of 6/7. The bar under .857142 means that part repeats forever. 6/7 = 0.857142 So you could write 6/7 as .857142857142857142857142857142857142857142857142857142857142 ... going on forever. The bar on top of the repeating part is often used. That was hard to do here so there is a bar under it instead.


What is 7/9 as a decimal?

0.7778


What does it mean when a decimal has a line in top of it?

That indicates that whatever digits are covered by the line keep repeating.


How do you convert fractions to repeating decimals?

To convert a fraction to a decimal, divide the top number by the bottom number.


What can be used to signfy the realeating digits in a reapting decimal?

Usually a dot or a dash is put on top of the repeating digit to show that it is recurring