Question

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