Sharmi compared one hundred forty point eight two and fifteen point four and provided the explanation below. Explain what she did wrong and provide the correct solution and explanation.

fifteen point four has fewer digits than one hundred forty point eight two. So, in order to line up the decimal points and fill place values with zeros, I must add two zeros to fifteen point four, giving me one hundred fifty point four zero. Now, one hundred forty point eight two has a 4 in the tens place, and one hundred fifty point five zero has a 5 in the tens place. Since 4 is less than 5, the correct answ

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Sharmi compared one hundred forty point eight two and fifteen point four and provided the explanation below. Explain what she did wrong and provide the correct solution and explanation.

fifteen point four has fewer digits than one hundred forty point eight two. So, in order to line up the decimal points and fill place values with zeros, I must add two zeros to fifteen point four, giving me one hundred fifty point four zero. Now, one hundred forty point eight two has a 4 in the tens place, and one hundred fifty point five zero has a 5 in the tens place. Since 4 is less than 5, the correct answ

anonymous · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

Sharmi compared 140.82 and 15.4 and 
 provided the explanation below. 

Explain what she did wrong and provide the correct solution and explanation.

easier?  lol ... easier to work with yes; but you could have made it a bit more readable :)

fifteen point four has fewer digits than one hundred forty point eight two. So, in order to line up the decimal points and fill place values with zeros, I must add two zeros to fifteen point four, giving me one hundred fifty point four zero. Now, one hundred forty point eight two has a 4 in the tens place, and one hundred fifty point five zero has a 5 in the tens place. Since 4 is less than 5, the correct answ

amistre64 · Answer

15.4 has fewer digits than 140.82. 

So, in order to line up the decimal points and fill place values with zeros, I must:

add two zeros to 15.4[00]

giving me 150.40. <-- that appears to be the eror

Now, one hundred forty point eight two has a 4 in the tens place, and one hundred fifty point five zero has a 5 in the tens place. Since 4 is less than 5, the correct answ

anonymous · Answer

? So thats the answer?

amistre64 · Answer

dunno, the question box has a limit of characters htese days for some reason; what is it she was wanting to do with the numbers?

amistre64 · Answer

i assume shes lining them up to add or subtract; but which operation?

anonymous · Answer

so whats the last couple words?

amistre64 · Answer

.... you are the one with that information, not me :)

anonymous · Answer

oohhh