Question

There are 58 sweets boxes. Each box has 12 sweets. The total number of sweets rounded off to nearest 10 will be .

• A. 690
• B. 600
• C. 770
• D. 840

Answer 1

The correct option is B 600

No. of sweets boxes = 58
No. of sweets in each box = 12

Consider number 58, ones digit is 8 which is greater than 5.

So, while rounding off, ones digit will be replaced with 0 and tens digit will be increased by 1.

So, 58 will be rounded off to 60.

Similarly, consider number 12, ones digit is 2 which is less than 5.

Hence, ones digit will be replaced with 0 and tens digit will remain the same.

So, 12 will be rounded off to 10.

Estimated values:
Number of sweets boxes = 60
Number of sweets in each box = 10
Total number of sweets
$=60\times 10=100$