Question

There are 1,000 millimeters in 1 meter. How many millimeters are in

118 meters? Circle the letter of the correct answer.
A 0.0118 millimeter
B. 0.118 millimeter
C118,000 millimeters
D 1,780.000 millimeters
Emily chose B as the correct answer. How did she get that answer?

Answer 1

Emily must have thought that she needed to divide 1000 by 118 which would have given her 0.118 millimeters. But her answer is wrong because you need to multiply 1,000 millimeters by 118 meters to find how many millimeters are in 118. the correct answer would have been C: 118,000 millimeters