I don't know about anything in the standard library, but if you are just trying to make sure the answer is never less than 1, the function is pretty easy:
def min_dev(x,y):
ans = x/y
if ans < 1: # ensures answer cannot be 0
return 1
else: # answers greater than 1 are returned normally
return ans
If, instead, you are looking to round up every answer:
def round_up(x,y):
ans = x//y # // is the floor division operator
if x % y == 1: # tests for remainder (returns 0 for no, 1 for yes)
ans += 1 # same as ans = ans + 1
return ans
else:
return ans
This will round up any answer with a remainder.
I believe Python 3.3 (and I know 3.4) return a float by default for integer division: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html