Question

Aspen incorrectly converted 15/8 to a decimal using long division. Check her work carefully to find the error. Select the digit where she first made a mistake.

Answer 1

The mistake happens when computing 70-64. The result is not 4, but should be 6 instead.

The correct long division is shown below.

This means
`(15)/(8) = 1.875` in which you can use your calculator to verify this.