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You perform an operation that yield a numerically undefined result and should be avoided.

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Q: What happens when you divide a whole number by zero?
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Can you divide numerator and denominator by whole number?

Yes, as long as the whole number is not zero.


Is the number zero even?

Yes, because you get a whole number when you divide it by 2.


What is the whole number of a fraction with zero as the numerator?

Anything divide by 0 = 0


What happens when you divide a number by o?

"Division by zero is undefined" is the result on a calculator.


When you divide a whole number by a fraction less than one will the quotient be greater than or less than the whole number?

When you divide a number by a fraction between zero and one, the quotient will be greater than that number.


What happens if a fraction has a denominator of 0?

The answer would be "undefined" as there is no way to divide a number by zero (0).


Which is a number when you divide it by any number there is answer in whole number?

The only such number is 0, and the answer in each case is 0.For a number other than zero, dividing it by any number will not always result in a whole number.


What happens when you add subtract multiply and divide rational numbers?

If you add, subtract or multiply rational numbers, the result will be a rational number. It will also be so if you divide by a non-zero rational number. But division by zero is not defined.


What number is it impossible to divide by?

You can not divide by zero.


What is the sum if zero is added to a whole number?

If zero is added to a whole number the answer would be the whole number because zero is the same as nothing


Why do whole number require an extension?

The set of whole numbers is not closed under division (by non-zero whole numbers).


What number can be divide by 1 but not itself?

0 (zero) because divide by zero is illegal