Introduction to Whole Numbers: example 1.8

Round $843$ to the nearest ten.

Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.

Your turn

The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.

Round to the nearest ten: $157 .$

How did it go?

Locate the tens place.
Underline the digit to the right of the tens place.
Since 3 is less than 5, do not change the digit in the tens place.
Replace all digits to the right of the tens place with zeros.
	Rounding 843 to the nearest ten gives 840.

Locate the tens place.
Underline the digit to the right of the tens place.
Since 3 is less than 5, do not change the digit in the tens place.
Replace all digits to the right of the tens place with zeros.
	Rounding 843 to the nearest ten gives 840.