- How do you divide by a zero?
- Why is 1 divided by 0 undefined?
- Can division by 0 be defined?
- What if zero is divided by a number?
How do you divide by a zero?
0 Divided by a Number 0a=0 Dividing 0 by any number gives us a zero. Zero will never change when multiplying or dividing any number by it.
Why is 1 divided by 0 undefined?
As much as we would like to have an answer for "what's 1 divided by 0?" it's sadly impossible to have an answer. The reason, in short, is that whatever we may answer, we will then have to agree that that answer times 0 equals to 1, and that cannot be ​true, because anything times 0 is 0.
Can division by 0 be defined?
Just say that it equals "undefined." In summary with all of this, we can say that zero over 1 equals zero. We can say that zero over zero equals "undefined." And of course, last but not least, that we're a lot of times faced with, is 1 divided by zero, which is still undefined.
What if zero is divided by a number?
Thus, zero divided by zero is indeterminate.