Assertion: decimal's number | /r/HasProperty | a cycle of digits
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text: terminating: a finite number of places such as 1/2 = 0.5 and 3/8 = 0.325 purely recurring: a cycle of digits which repeats for ever, such as 1/3 = 0.33333.... and 4/33 = 0.121212121212.... which are output by the Calculator as 0. and 0. respectively an initial fixed and finite part followed by an recurring part (the period) which repeats for ever. such as 52/225 = 0.23111111111... = 0.23 and 1/700 = 0.00 142857 142857 ... = 0.00 In every base, a radix ("decimal") fractional value will only occur in one of the following 3 forms: