Numbering in base other than 10

Question

On what basis the numbering less than 20, the fraction 17/6 (base 10) does not generate a regular tithe?

Answer 1

The terminating decimals (though that term should be reserved for base 10, but I have no better) in any base are precisely the fractions whose denominator has every prime factor represented in the factorization of the base. So in base 10, it is fractions with denominators of the form 2^x*5^y, where x and y are allowed to be zero.