Question

is 1/3 a rational terminating number?

Answer 1

No, 1/3 is not a rational terminating number. A rational terminating number is a number that can be expressed as a fraction where the denominator is a power of 10 (such as 1/2 = 0.5 or 3/4 = 0.75). However, 1/3 cannot be expressed as a finite decimal because it has an infinitely repeating decimal representation: 0.33333...