1. 0.75 + 5 =
2. 0.8 + 9 =
3. 5 + 0.3 + 11 + 2.4 + 0.28 =
Commentary: Only 13 percent of the year 8 students correctly answered at least 10 of the 13 items. A high proportion of the students could not calculate accurately using decimals.
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