Question

B. In the boys' long jump, Kevin jumped a distance of (6x1) + (9x 1/10) + (8x1/100)+(3x1/1000) meters. Leon jumped a distance of 6.093 meters. Kevin said he jumped farther than Leon. Is Kevin correct? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

6*1 = 6

Next...

1/10 = 10% which equals 0.1
0.1 * 9 = 0.9

Now...

1/100 =1% which equals 0.01
So that means that 0.01 * 8 = 0.08

Lastly... 0.0010 * 3 = 0.003

You add
6 + 0.10 + 0.08 + 0.003 and you get 6.183.... (Kevin’s distance) which is obviously a farther distance than 6.093.

Kevin is correct :)