zero divided by any number except itself equals?
Subject
Level
Junior High
Grade
3
Lesson Steps:

Zero is a tricky and subtle beast - it does not comform to the usual
laws of algebra as we know them.

You are right that zero divided by any number (except zero itself) is
zero. Put more mathematically:

0/n = 0 for all non-zero numbers n.

You get into the tricky realms when you try to divide by zero itself.


Grade: 3
Level: Junior high
Subject: Math
Topic: Division

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