Question:
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 =
8÷$1.09 =
$7.34
Where did Milo make his first error?
Answer:
He wrote the unit rate incorrectly.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
[tex]Pens = 8[/tex]
[tex]Cost = \$1.09[/tex]
Required
Determine Milo's error
First, we need to solve for the unit price; then compare our results with Milo's
[tex]Unit\ Price = \frac{Cost}{Pens}[/tex]
[tex]Unit\ Price = \frac{\$1.09}{8}[/tex]
[tex]Unit\ Price = \$0.13625[/tex]
Comparing the calculation with Milo's:
We can see that he made wrong calculations i.e. in other words, he solved the required incorrectly
