Question

Which of the following can be expressed as terminating or non - terminating?
(a) 1/3
(b) -14/15
(c) -38/81

Answer 1

Answer:

(a)1/3 is terminating number

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

(a) If we divide 1 by 3 we get 0.333333 which is recurring but not non terminating.

(b) If we divide -14 by 15 we get -0.9333333 which is recurring but not non  terminating.

(c) If we divide -38 by 81  we get -0.46913580246 which is a non terminating answer.

Final Answer:

(a) terminating

(b) terminating

(c) non terminating

:Note that non terminating answer does not have an end term. It has an infinite number of terms.