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  • 13-03-2015
  • Mathematics
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A girl wrote 7 tens Instead of 7 tenths by how much was her answer wrong?

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Aazaran
Aazaran Aazaran
  • 13-03-2015
well, let's scope out the scale of the problem, take it step by step... 

First, we need to know the range.:
7 tens is essentially 7 times ten, or 70.
7 tenths is 7/10, or .7
So, subtract .7 from 70 to get the difference of 69.3, which is your answer.
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AL2006
AL2006 AL2006
  • 13-03-2015

Her answer was wrong by a factor of 10² .

That means it was 100 times too large.


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