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How do you divide fractions with whole numbers?
I honestly do not know.
Why do whole number require an extension?
The set of whole numbers is not closed under division (by non-zero whole numbers).
Can 17 be divided into anything?
Yes. It can divide into lots of numbers. No whole number can divide into it, as it is a prime number, but it can be divided into 34, 51, 68, 85 and so on. It is a factor of all of those and many other numbers, so it can be divided into many numbers.
What are the characteristics of a prime number?
It has only two factors: ' 1 ' and itself.No other whole numbers divide into it equally.
How is dividing decimals and dividing whole numbers the same?
If you are making use of long division method, the process of dividing a whole number is actually a subset of the process of dividing the decimals. While dividing both you may get a quotient with decimal places. Some exceptions to this do exist in case of whole numbers. Like when you are dividing 100 by 2, the quotient 50 has no decimal places.
