a. Jessie's error is that they did not follow the correct order of operations when solving the problem. Instead of dividing 32 by 3 first, they did other calculations such as subtracting 3 from 17 and multiplying 5 by 10.
b. The correct answer to the problem 32/3 ÷ 10 is 32/30, which simplifies to 16/15.
Jessie was given the problem 32/3 ÷ = to solve. Jessie's work looks like this:
10
3/3 ÷
51
50
.
10
3
10
3
11=178
10
=
=
=
17-3
5.10
= 15/0
Jessie's answer is incorrect. Answer the following questions about Jessie's work.
a. Find and describe Jessie's error.
b. What is the correct answer?
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