Compare 11:8 Division: Is the Quotient Less Than 1?

Question

Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the following division is less than 1:

$11:8$

00:00 Without calculation, determine if the quotient is less than or greater than 1?

00:05 The numerator is greater than the denominator

00:14 For any fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator, the quotient is greater than 1

00:26 And this is the solution to the question

Note that the numerator is smaller than the denominator:

$11 > 8$

As a result, it can be written like this:

$\frac{11}{8} > 1$

Therefore, the quotient in the division problem is not less than 1.

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