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How can you tell without computing whether the quoient 1/2 divided 6 greater 1 or less than 1

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((1)/(2))/(6)

the number 1/2 is 0.5, if we divide a number less than 1 betweeen a number greater than 1 the solution must be a number less than 1, ebcause ouar dividing a small number between a big value

solving

we can rewrite the equation like

where green multiplication is the new numberator and red the new denominator, thenl

How can you tell without computing whether the quoient 1/2 divided 6 greater 1 or-example-1
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