Question

Sharmi compared 56.70 ____ 56.8 and provided the explanation below.

EXPLAIN WHAT SHE DID WRONG and provide the correct solution and explanation.

Both numbers have 56 to the left of the decimal point, so I must look at the numbers to the right of the decimal point. Since 70 is greater than 8, the correct answer is ≥

Answer 1

that's incorrect because 56.8 is the same as 56.80

You can only compare decimal numbers that are of the same length (unless you know that 0.8 is larger than 0.70)

Answer 2

56.70 ____ 56.8

56.70 ____ 56.80

56.70 __<__ 56.80 ... since 80 is larger than 70