Answer
Any rational number can be expressed as a decimal.
The resulting decimal will either terminate (stop), or it will have a digit that repeats or a block of digits that repeat.
An irrational number, written in decimal form,
has an infinite number of digits in the decimal part, of which, no block of digits repeat.
Work Step by Step
Any rational number can be expressed as a decimal.
The resulting decimal will either terminate (stop), or it will have a digit that repeats or a block of digits that repeat.
An irrational number, written in decimal form,
has an infinite number of digits in the decimal part, of which, no group repeats.