Question

Terrell needs the total weight of his backpack, water jug, and sleeping bag to be less than 11 kilograms. His backpack weighs 9,580 grams, his water jug is 1.25 kilograms, and his sleeping bag is 25,000 milligrams. Dominic says that the total weight is 35.83 kg. He shows Terrell his math.
Backpack: 9,580÷ 1,000= 9.58 kg total 9.58
water jug 1.25 kg 1.25
Sleeping bag 25,000÷1,000= 25 kg +25.00
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35.83
a. What mistake did Dominic make?

Answer 1

He did not divide his milligrams by the proper factor. He treated it as if it were only kilograms. He should have divided by a million.