Question

Emma needs 2 pounds of ground meat to make meat loaf. She has one package with 2.36 pounds of ground meat and another package with 2.09 pounds of ground meat. She uses rounding and finds that both packages are close to 2 pounds. Explain how Emma can choose the package closer to 2 pounds.

Answer 1

She can look at the decimals and determine which package is closer to 2. In this case, the package with 2.09 is the closest answer. I think that answers the question.