Question

jake said he has 8/100 of a dollar in his pocket Margie said that the decimal for 8/100 is 0.8 what error did she make. what is the decimal form for 8/100?

Answer 1

The 8 is in the tenths place  it would look like 8/10 .8 its .08 for 8/100

Answer 2

margie's mistake was where she placed the decimal point. the correct answer is 0.08.