What is 5 divided by 12?

The answer to the question: What is 5 divided by 12 is as follows:

5 / 12 = 0.417

Instead of saying 5 divided by 12 equals 0.417, you could just use the division symbol, which is a slash, as we did above.

Also note that all answers in our division calculations are rounded to three decimals if necessary.

Here are some other ways to display or communicate that 5 divided by 12 equals 0.417:

5 ÷ 12 = 0.417
5 over 12 = 0.417
⁵⁄₁₂ = 0.417

The easiest way we found to answer the question "what 5 divided by 12 means", is to answer the question with a question: How many times does 12 go into 5?

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