Question

Sarah claims that when you divide, the number you are dividing always gets smaller. John says this is not true. Who is correct? If John is correct, give a counterexample.

A) Sarah is correct.
B) John is correct. A counterexample is 4 ÷ 5.
C) John is correct. A counterexample is 4 ÷ 1.25.
D) John is correct. A counterexample is 4 ÷ 1/2

Answer 1

D

Explanation:

John is correct as Dividing does not always gets the quantity smaller for example if we divide 4 by 0.5

We get

4/0.5= 8