Question

A garden sells soil by weight, rounded to the nearest tenth of a pound, Elizabeth has 43.479 pounds of soil. What is the weight rounded to the nearest tenth of a pound?

Answer 1

Answer: 43.48 Pounds

Explanation:

Given

Elizabeth has 43.479 pounds of soil

Rounding off to the nearest tenth of a pound

Consider 79 which occurs after the decimal place

Converting it to 80 as it is nearest to 80

So, we can write 43.479 as 43.48 Pounds