When decimal numbers are divided the answer will be either 

  a terminating decimal (a decimal number that ends with a
     remainder of zero) or

                        a repeating decimal (a decimal number whose answer
                           will have one or more digits in a pattern that repeats
                           indefinitely)

                        The decimal number "pi" (the quotient for 22 ÷ 7) is
                           unique in that it does not repeat nor does it end.   

Examples of Terminating Decimals:

Examples of Repeating Decimals:

Division Problem	Answer
1.5 ÷  11	0.13636...
	The 36 to the right of the decimal is repeating.  We would rewrite this repeating decimal with a bar over the repetend (36).
	0.136
1.7 ÷ 12	0.141666...
	The 6 to the right of the decimal is repeating.  We would rewrite this decimal with a bar over the repetend (6).
	0.1416

 Repeating decimals are decimals numbers 
that have a repeating pattern.