A package of 8 pens costs $1.09. Milo's work to find the unit price of the pack is shown below.

8p/$1.09 = ?/$1.00

? = 8:$1.09

? = $7.34

Where did Milo make his first error?

a. He assumed the pens are equally priced.

b. He wrote the unit rate incorrectly.

c. He made a place value error when dividing.

d. He multiplied instead of dividing.

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10 December, 01:31

A package of 8 pens costs $1.09. Milo's work to find the unit price of the pack is shown below.

8p/$1.09 = ?/$1.00

? = 8:$1.09

? = $7.34

Where did Milo make his first error?

a. He assumed the pens are equally priced.

b. He wrote the unit rate incorrectly.

c. He made a place value error when dividing.

d. He multiplied instead of dividing.

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Sasha Richmond · Answer 1

I think the answer is C. "He made a place value error when dividing. If he would have divided 1.09 by 8, he would have found the price of each individual pen.