Provide an appropriate response.One student solved a problem involving money by using a denomination based on cents and not on dollars. For example, she multiplied the number of nickels by 5 cents and not by $0.05. Was she wrong?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answers will vary. The student was not wrong. For example, if the problem asked to find the total amount, she may have intended to provide her final result in cents and not in dollars. Furthermore, if she had wanted to provide a final result in dollars, all she would need to do is divide the final result in cents by 100. As long as she was consistent in her use of denominations based on cents, her results would be valid.