Divide by 12 (or multiply by 0.833...). The problem with the second option is that it is a non-terminating (infinite) decimal.
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If the action is multiply the number by 12, the inverse operation is n/12. If the action is multiply 12 by n, the inverse operation is 12/n.
It is a second operation that "undoes" the first.For example, the inverse of "add 2" is "subtract 2";the inverse of "divide by 7" is "multiply by 7";the inverse of "take the reciprocal" is "take the reciprocal".
3020 is a number, not an operation. A number cannot have an inverse operation.
"opposite" operation. The inverse of subtraction is addition; the inverse operation of multiplication is division.
Addition is the inverse operation of subtraction and multiplication is the inverse operation of division. The word inverse means "opposite".