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Using the numbers $1, 2, 3, 4$ and $5$ once and only once, and the operations $\times$ and $ \div$ once and only once, what is the smallest whole number you can make?

example: 132 divided by 4, multiply by 5 equals 165. Is this the smallest number you can make?