Question

The quotient of two whole numbers is a whole number.

Answer 1

Let me guess

This is one of those

Always
Sometimes
Never

Questions

Answer 2

No. The thing says: Show the conjecture is false by finding a counterexample.

Answer 3

4/3 = 1.3333333333333333333

Answer 4

Oh, I see. You are just now posting the rest of the problem. But try dividing 1/5 and see what you get.

Answer 5

dividing what??

Answer 6

1.3333333333333333333 is not a whole number.

Answer 7

Neither is .20

Answer 8

that's the counterexample. whole number 4 divided by whole number 3 is 1.3333333333333333333, which is not a whole number

Answer 9

simple.

Answer 10

I don't understand what your talking about

Answer 11

1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8, 8/9, 9/10

None of those yield whole numbers either

Answer 12

@Jaaaaneeel , let me ask you this:

Is 1 a whole number?

Answer 13

idk

Answer 14

Okay well, I see what the problem is now. You need to understand what whole numbers are.

Answer 15

le sigh. a whole number is a WHOLE number. it's not a fraction and doesn't have a decimal

Answer 16

unless you're saying 1.0 lol

Answer 17

or 1/1 but still

Answer 18

A whole number is basically a counting number but with zero included.

Answer 19

W = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...}

Answer 20

When you do things like count to 100, you are using whole numbers to do that.

Answer 21

1 is a whole number
2 is a whole number
3 is a whole number etc.


They are whole numbers because they can be used to count whole objects.

Answer 22

Take a basket of apples for example

Answer 23

You can count the number of basket in the apples by using whole numbers. Each apple represents an object. And each one of those objects can be associated with whole number so that you can keep track of how many apples you have.

Answer 24

When you count to 100, you use whole numbers to do that.