Monday, June 16, 2014

2014-06-16: Dividing by Zero

Nigel asked today, on the drive home from summer camp, about a million and a billion and a trillion and a quadrillion divided by a million, and that sparked a discussion that lasted for most of the drive. Dad told Nigel about the dividing by zero rule (that the answer is undefined), giving the example of trying to divide a group of apples into zero groups.

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