Question

Emma needs 2 pounds of ground meat to make a meatloaf. She goes to Brodies and finds one package of meatloaf with 2.56 pounds and another package with 2.09 pounds. She uses rounding to the nearest whole. Which package should she choose to get closer to 2 pounds? Explain.

Answer 1

package with 2.09 pounds

Explanation:

When rounding to the nearest whole number, if the first number after the decimal point is equal or greater than 5, add 1 to the number before the decimal. If this is not the case, add 0 to the number before the decimal point.

to round 2.56 to the nearest whole number equals 3.

While to round 2.09 to the nearest whole number equals 2.

Because Emma needs 2 pounds, she would go with 2.09 pounds