Question

The school nurse told Sarah she was 1.4 meters tall. When she got home, Sara measured her height herself. Her measurement included a digit in the hundredths place. That digit had a value that is the value of the digit in the tenths place. How tall did Sara measure herself to be?

Answer 1

1.44 meters

Explanation:

Given that:

As per the nurse, height of Sarah = 1.4 meters

Let us have a look at the number and let us analyze each digit.

Here is only one digit after the decimal place which is the tenths place.

It is given that Sarah measured the height herself.

And also added a digit at the Hundredth place i.e. a digit after 4 will be added.

1.4_ --- In place of _ , a digit will be added.

As per the question statement, Digit at the Hundredth place will be equal to the digit at the Tenth's place.

Therefore, the height measured by Sarah herself will be equal to 1.44 meters.