Question

What is the decimal form of -1 1/2?

Greg chose C as the correct answer. How
might he have gotten that answer?

Answer 1

-1.5

Explanation:

Greg might have gotten that answer by dividing 1 by 2 to get 0.5 and substituted 0.5 in for 1/2 getting the answer -1.5

Answer 2

Divide 1 by 2 to get 0.5, then put it to the end of -1: -1.5

Explanation:

Step 1: Divide 1 and 2.

-1 1/2

-1 0.5

-1.5