Question

Rocco is trying to find the fraction that is equivalent to the decimal 0.012. His work is shown below. Step 1: 0.012 = StartFraction 12 over 100 EndFraction Step 2: StartFraction 12 over 100 EndFraction equals StartFraction 3 over 25 EndFraction Step 3: Therefore 0.012 = StartFraction 3 over 25 EndFraction. What did Rocco do wrong? Rocco should have divided 12 by 100 in Step 2. Rocco wrote the equivalent fraction in Step 1 incorrectly. Rocco forgot to reduce the numerator when he reduced the denominator in Step 2. Rocco should have divided both the numerator and denominator by 2, not

Answer 1

The correct answer would be number B. Hope this helps!

Explanation:

Answer 2

(B)Rocco wrote the equivalent fraction in Step 1 incorrectly.

Explanation:

In trying to find the fraction equivalent of 0.012, Rocco's work is shown below:

Step 1: 0.012 =
`(12)/(100)`

Step 2:
`(12)/(100)=(3)/(25)`

Step 3: Therefore 0.012
`=(3)/(25)`

Observe that in Step 1, Rocco wrote the equivalent fraction incorrectly.

Correctly: 0.012 =
`(12)/(1000)`

The correct answer is B.