Question

HELP PLEASE!!!! ASAP!!

Answer 1

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 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 2

She made the mistake of forgetting that there can be a zero after the 8 in 56.8. Because of this mistake, she compared 70 to 8 when she should have compared 70 to 80. The real answer is <, because is the tenths place that matters.