What is a value of the denominator that will make the number 12 / ? A whole number?

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asked Oct 23, 2024 159k views

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Mozammil · Answer 1 · 2024-10-25T10:15:14+0000

Answer:

Explanation:

For the number 12 to be divided by a whole number, the value of the denominator must be 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 12.

We should use four as the value for the denominator to make the fraction 12/4 a whole number, which equals 3.

Hongtao Yang · Answer 2 · 2024-10-27T15:50:22+0000

The denominators could be:

Work/explanation:

What are whole numbers?

Whole numbers are all positive numbers and zero.

Obviously, 0 can't be our denominator, because we can't divide by 0.

But, we can use a few choices that once simplified, they could result in a whole number.

They are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. All the factors of 12.