Question

Eliah bought 1.87 pounds of chicken and 2.46 pounds of turkey at the deli. About how many pounds of meat did he buy?

Answer 1

about, so round
1.87 rounds to 1.9
2.46 rounds to 2.5
so add them to get total
1.9+2.5=4.4 about pouds

the answer is 4.4 pounds (roughlY)

Answer 2

So,

If this was mental math, I would round 1.87 to the nearest pound and 2.46 to the nearest half pound, making the following addition problem:
2 + 2.5 = 4.5
Because 1.87 is closer to 2 than to 1.5 or 1, and 2.46 is sooo close to 2.5.
So I would say about 4.5 pounds of meat.

But if you're rounding to the nearest pound for both, then you have this equation:
2 + 2 = 4
Because in 1.87, 8 is greater than or equal to 5, and in 2.46, 4 is less than or equal to 5.
So in that case, it would be about 4 pounds of meat.