Question

Keith has to carry 114 apples from a farm to the market. How many baskets will he need, given that each basket can hold 32 apples?

Answer 1

Keith will need to have 4 baskets to carry all the apples because you can not have 3.5625 baskets so you round up to 4

Answer 2

4 baskets

Explanation:

114 divided by 32 equals 3.5625, but we need a whole number, so let's round 3.526 by the nearest ones place. Since the number in the tenths place is a 5, we should round to 4. This leaves us with 4 baskets to put apples in.

Even if the tenths place didn't have a digit that wasn't 5 or above, you should still go up to 4 since 3 baskets wouldn't be enough. If you were to have 3 baskets, you'd only be able to carry 96 apples.