Question

Jack wants to equally distribute $4561 among 9 of his employees. The given image shows the steps followed by Jack to calculate the share of each employee. At which step did he go wrong?

• A. Only step 3.
• B. Only step 1.
• C. Only step 2.
• D. Both step 2 and 3.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Only step 2.

Total amount of money to be divided $=\$4561$
Number of employees = 9
Amount that each employee will get $=(4569÷9)$
The correct division steps will be as follows.


Hence, Jack made an error in step 2.