Question

Joyce old 218 cupcakes of lemonade at his lemonade stand. What is 218 rounded to the nearest tens

Answer 1

220

from 218 the 1 is in the tens column. this is the figure that needs to be rounded.

using the following rule

If the digit after the 1 is ≥ 5 then round 1 up to 2

If the digit after the 1 is < 5 then the 1 remains as 1

here the digit after the 1 is 8 so the 1 in the ten's column becomes 2 and the 8 is replaced by 0

218 ≈ 220 ( to the nearest ten )