8. The population of a town is 3,433 . What is the population rounded to the nearest ten?

To round the population of 3,433 to the nearest ten, you look at the digit in the ones place, which is 3. Since it's less than 5, you keep the tens place (3) the same and change the ones place to 0. So, 3,433 rounded to the nearest ten is 3,430. Rounding numbers is like giving them a tidy haircut: we trim a few bits here and there to make them neat and easier to work with! It’s especially useful when you're trying to get a general sense of a number without getting bogged down in the details. Think of it as simplifying your math for faster calculations!