Question

Chen completed the division problem below. 0.9 StartLongDivisionSymbol 192.6 EndLongDivisionSymbol right arrow 9 StartLongDivisionSymbol 192.6 EndLongDivisionSymbol minus 18 = 12. 12 minus 9 = 36. 36 minus 36 = a remainder of 0 and a quotient of 21.4. What is Chen’s error? He included a 4 in the quotient, which does not belong. He multiplied the dividend by 100 instead of 10. He should have multiplied both numbers by 100. He did not subtract correctly in one of the steps.

Answer 1

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b

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Answer 2

Answer:

He should have multiplied both numbers by 100

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What's Chen error

Chen error is at step 2 where he changed 0.9 to 9.

Any changes made on the divisor must also be made on the dividend

He got 9 by multiplying 0.9 by 10;

So, his mistake is that he should have multiplied both numbers by the same number.

From the list of given options, the option that best answer this question is He should have multiplied both numbers by 100