Grace was given the description “three less than the quotient of a number squared and nine, increased by eight” and was asked to evaluate it when n = 6. Her work is shown below.

Step 1: 3 minus StartFraction n squared Over 9 EndFraction + 8
Step 2: 3 minus StartFraction 6 squared Over 9 EndFraction + 8
Step 3: 3 minus StartFraction 36 Over 9 EndFraction + 8
Step 4: 3 minus 4 + 8
Step 5: 7

In which step did she make an error?
step 1
step 2
step 4
step 5