Question

Dried rose petals can be used to make rose water. Fatima buys 0.454 kilogram

of rose petals.
• She uses 0.02 kilogram of the rose petals to make rose water.
• Then, she buys an additional 0.056 kilogram of rose petals.
• Finally, she uses 0.095 kilogram of the rose petals to make more rose water.
Fatima completes the steps below and says she has 0.413 kilogram of rose
petals left. What mistake did Fatima make?
Use the drop-down menus to explain her mistake and to find the number of
kilograms of rose petals left.
First Step
Second Step
Third Step
0.454
0.452
0.508
0.02
+0.056
- 0.095
0.452
0.508
0.413
Click the arrows to choose an answer from each menu.
Fatima made her first mistake at the Choose...
step.
She incorrectly Choose...
Fatima has Choose...
Y
kilogram of rose petals left.

Answer 1

Answer: she is left with 0.395 kilogram of rose pedals

Step-by-step explanation: she misalinged the first step,

0.454 - 0.02 = 0.434 + 0.056 = 0.490 - 0.095 = 0.395