Question

Explain how you can tell, without computing, whether the quotient of 1/2 divided by 6 is greater than 1 or less than 1.

Answer 1

You can tell the quotient is less than one without computing because if you start with 1/2 which is smaller than one when you split it into 6 groups they are going to be smaller groups because when you divide something it gets smaller which has to be less than one because 1/2 is less than one

Answer 2

You already know that the quetioent of 1/2 divided by 6 would be more or less than one because, 1/2 is equal to 50% and 50% of 6 is 3. So, you would know how the answer would turn out.