Rachel is going to calculate the following expression: 3.32/1.66+18.4. She calculates the expression as it is written and then writes down the answer rounded to the nearest whole number. She then calculates it again, but rounds each of the 3 numbers in the expression to the nearest integer, and then performs the division and addition. She writes this answer down next to the answer she got before. What is the positive difference between the 2 answers she got?

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Dakota Ellison

Mathematics

16 May, 08:21

Rachel is going to calculate the following expression: 3.32/1.66+18.4. She calculates the expression as it is written and then writes down the answer rounded to the nearest whole number. She then calculates it again, but rounds each of the 3 numbers in the expression to the nearest integer, and then performs the division and addition. She writes this answer down next to the answer she got before. What is the positive difference between the 2 answers she got?

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Ben Bowers · Answer 1

0.9

3.32/1.66+18.4 is 20.4

3.32 rounds down to 3

1.66 rounds up to 2

18.4 rounds down to 18

3/2+18 is 19.5

Since they want a positive difference the bigger number goes first

20.4-19.5=0.9