Division Analysis: Compare 2:1 Quotient with 1 Without Calculating

Question

Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the division exercise is smaller than 1 or not:

2:1 2:1

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Without calculation, determine if the fraction is less than or greater than 1?
00:06 The numerator is greater than the denominator
00:12 Any fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator is greater than 1
00:19 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

We know that every number divided by 1 equals the number itself.

We also know that 2 is greater than 1.

This means that we can convert the expression into a fraction as follows:

2/1

We can see that the numerator is greater than the denominator, meaning that the number must be greater than 1.

Answer

It is larger than 1.