Jessie was given the problem 3 2/5 ÷ 3/10 = to solve.

Jessie’s work looks like this: 3 2/5 ÷ 3/10 = 17/5 ÷ 3/10 = 17/5 x 3/10 = 17 x 3 ÷ 5 x 10 51/50 =1 1/50 Jessie’s answer is incorrect. Answer the following questions about Jessie’s work. Find and describe Jessie’s error.

Jessie's error is in the last step of the calculation. Instead of multiplying 17 by 3, they should have multiplied 17 by 10. This error results in an incorrect final numerator of 51 instead of the correct numerator of 170.