Question

what is meant by terminating decimal

Answer 1

a decimal which can be expressed in a finite number of figures or for which all figures to the right of some place are zero — compare repeating decimal.

Answer 2

Terminating Decimal means there'll be fixed number of digits after the decimal point. For example, if we divide 105 by 2, the answer will be 52.5. In 52.5, there are fixed number of digits after the decimal point, that is, 5. Again for example, if we divide 9832 by 50, the answer will be 196.64. In 196.64, there are fixed number of digits after the decimal point, that is, 6 and 4.