Question

Greg added 3 hundreds plus 2 tens and got 32. What did he do wrong?

Answer 1

300 (3 hundreds)+20 (2 tens) should equal 320. Greg confused the hundreds place with the tens place and the tens place with the ones place, what he thought was : 3 tens plus 2 ones equals 32. Answer: He got hundreds confused with tens, and tens confused with ones.

Answer 2

300 (3 hundreds)+20 (2 tens) should equal 320. Greg confused the hundreds place with the tens place and the tens place with the ones place, what he thought was : 3 tens plus 2 ones equals 32. Answer: He got hundreds confused with tens, and tens confused with ones.