Provide an appropriate response.Daniel wanted to convert 0.357 and 1.357 to fractional notation and he wrote 0.357 = 1.357 = Do you agree with either of these answers? If not, where did Daniel go wrong? Explain your thinking and give the correct answers.

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answers will vary. Possible answer: The first answer is correct. The second answer is not correct. When converting from a decimal to a fraction, the denominator depends only on the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. The second answer should also have a denominator of 1000 since 1.357 also has 3 digits to the right of the decimal point. The second answer should be