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Identify the error in the situation and explain what
the student did wrong

Identify the error in the situation and explain what the student did wrong-example-1

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The student should have made the mixed fractions to improper ones then multiply and change back into a mixed fraction:

2 X 5 =
4/9 3/8

22/9 x 43/8 = 946/72 =13
10/72
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