Verify the Addition Format: 3.05 + 213.22 Vertical Alignment

Question

Determine whether the exercise is correctly written or not.

3.05+213.22

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Determine if the decimal point placement is correct?
00:03 We'll use long addition to find the position of the decimal point
00:07 In long addition, the decimal points must be aligned one above the other
00:20 In our exercise, the decimal points are not aligned one above the other
00:23 Therefore, the decimal point placement is incorrect
00:26 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

Note that the decimal points are not written one below the other. They do not correspond.

Therefore, the exercise is not written correctly.

Answer

Not true