1. What is the first mistake that Jessie made in their work?
The first mistake Jessie made was incorrectly changing the division problem 3 2/5 ÷ 3/10 to 3/25 ÷ 3/10.
2. What is the second mistake that Jessie made in their work?
The second mistake Jessie made was incorrectly multiplying 17/5 and 3/10, as the correct operation should have been division.
3. What is the final mistake that Jessie made in their work?
The final mistake Jessie made was incorrectly simplifying 51/50 as 1 1/50, which is not the correct fraction in simplest form.
Jessie was given the problem 3 2/5÷3/10= to solve. Jessie’s work looks like this:
3/25÷3/10=
17/5÷3/10=
17/5⋅3/10=17⋅3/5⋅10
51/50=1 1/50
jjessie’s answer is incorrect. Answer the following questions about Jessie’s work.
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is the answer 34/3 correct
No, the answer 34/3 is not correct. The correct answer to the problem 3 2/5 ÷ 3/10 is 34/1 or simply 34.
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