Is the quotient 2.7 divided by 14 greater than one or less
"The quotient 2.7 divided by 14" means
"How many times can you take 14 out of 2.7 ?"
or
"How many times can you stuff 14 into a space designed to hold 2.7 ?"
Whichever way you look at it, I'm sure you can see that it's less than 1 .