Cedric lives in an apartment and pays the following expenses each month: electric bill, $33.90

Question

; TV streaming service, $24.99
; and rent, $538.95
. Estimate his total expenses for the month by first rounding each value to the nearest tens place.

Answer 1

To estimate Cedric's total expenses for the month by rounding each value to the nearest tens place, we can round the individual expenses as follows:

1. Electric bill: $33.90 rounds to $30.
2. TV streaming service: $24.99 rounds to $30.
3. Rent: $538.95 rounds to $540.

Now we can add the rounded expenses together:

\[ 30 + 30 + 540 = 600 \]

Therefore, Cedric's estimated total expenses for the month is $600.