An error from an incorrectly placed decimal point.

• A. Slide Error
• B. Transposition error
• C. Budget Analysis
• D. Financial Forms

Answer: (A)

A decimal point that’s placed in the wrong spot creates a slide error. This kind of mistake changes the value by moving the decimal point to the left or right, so the amount becomes ten times larger or smaller for each place it shifts. For example, the correct amount 1,234.56 could be written as 12,345.6 or 123.456 if the decimal is slid, which shows the characteristic misplacement. A transposition error, by contrast, is about swapping digits rather than moving the decimal point, so the issue lies with digit order, not decimal placement. Budget analysis and financial forms describe tasks or documents, not a type of arithmetic error. So the described error matches sliding the decimal point.