What's 498 rounded to the nearest ten?
98 rounded to the nearest ten is 500
Solution steps:
Note that the tens place is two moves to the left of the decimal point (if it exists). To round to the nearest ten (nearest 10), we use the whole numbers place to determine whether the tens place rounds up or stays the same.
- Step 1: Locate and underline the tens place (9) then look at the digit to the right (8): 498
- Step 2: In this case, the digit to the right (8) is 5 or above. So, we add 1 to the tens place (9). Because 9 plus 1 equals 10, the ten becomes 0 and we add 1 to the digit at left of it. If the digit at left is again 9, we repeat this process until we get 500 as the answer.
In short: 498 rounded to the nearest ten is 500.