recurring decimal

They are, they think, in presence of a recurring decimal, and they are not going to spend life in the effort to resolve it.

The fact is these two numbers are simply the recurring decimals that equal 1/17 and 1/47 respectively.

This will be readily seen in the case of a pupil seeking to discover the rule for determining the number of repeaters in the addition of recurring decimals.

Complex and improper fractions and recurring decimals are not allowed.

Then Miss Quincey sat up in bed and became lyrical as she described the delirious joy of decimals—recurring decimals—and the rapture of cube-root.