What would 12 to 5 equal as a decimal?

This is for summer homework and I need to enlarge an object but I need to choose a scale factor first, that's really all I know, sorry.

2 Answers
Dec 3, 2017

2.4

Explanation:

12 to 5\implies\quad\frac{12}{5}

Simply divide, which equals 2 with a remainder of 2.

Then divide the reminader by the divisor to get \frac{2}[5}, which is 0.4.

\therefore\frac{12}{5}=2.4

Dec 3, 2017

I understood the question to mean, what would 12^5 equal as a decimal.

Explanation:

It would equal 248,832 since the question implies base 10.