A student divided 1.374 by 4 and got 3.435. a) Without dividing, how do you know the answer is incorrect? b) What do you think the student did wrong? c) What is the correct answer? How can you check?

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A student divided 1.374 by 4 and got 3.435.

a) Without dividing, how do you know the answer is incorrect?
b) What do you think the student did wrong?
c) What is the correct answer? How can you check?

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you know its wrong because when you divide, the number gets smaller

Todd Burner answered Dec 27, 2022

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