It took Steve and his construction crew 8 months to build a house. Alfter expenses, he was left with $24,872.67 himself. on average, how much did Steve make per month? Round to the nearest dollar.

I know the answer is $3,109.08 but what can do I do with the roun to the nearest dollar?

Is 9 dollars and 8 cents closer to 9 dollars or 10 dollars?

Thank you for your answer Ms. Sue

You're welcome.

To calculate Steve's average earnings per month, you can divide his total earnings ($24,872.67) by the number of months it took to build the house (8 months).

To round the answer to the nearest dollar, you can follow these steps:

1. Look at the digit in the hundredth decimal place, which is the second digit after the decimal point.
2. If the digit is less than 5 (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4), you can simply drop the digits after the decimal point and keep the whole number as it is.
3. If the digit is 5 or greater (5, 6, 7, 8, or 9), you need to round up the whole number by 1.

In this case, the digit in the hundredth decimal place is 0. Since it is less than 5, you can drop the digits after the decimal point and keep the whole number as it is.

Therefore, after rounding to the nearest dollar, Steve's average monthly earnings would be $3,109.