Question

Is 18 a divisor of 6? why?

Answer 1

The correct answer is: No! (18 is NOT a divisor of 6)

Explanation:

In order to find whether a number X is a divisor of number Y, just use the following expression:

$\frac{Y}{X}$

If the result of $\frac{Y}{X}$ is an integer, we can say that the number X is indeed a divisor of number Y; otherwise, it is not the case.

Now in the case of X = 18 and Y = 6,

$\frac{Y}{X} = \frac{6}{18} = \frac{1}{3} = 0.33333...$

The result 0.3333... is not an integer; therefore, we can say that 18 is not a divisor of 6.

Answer 2

18 is not a divisor of 6, because 18 cannot be multiplied by an integer to make 6. However, 6 is a divisor of 18, because it may be multiplied by 3 to make 18.