Bailey and Elena compete in a swim race. Their times are shown below. Round each time to the nearest whole second. Then estimate how many seconds Bailey won the race by

Bailey: 35.78 seconds

Elena: 39.51 seconds

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Stella Orr

16 October, 21:00

Bailey and Elena compete in a swim race. Their times are shown below. Round each time to the nearest whole second. Then estimate how many seconds Bailey won the race by

Bailey: 35.78 seconds

Elena: 39.51 seconds

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Lindsay Ward · Answer 1

The whole second is the first number to the left of the decimal (_.)

So, 35.78 = 36 because 7>5.

39.51 = 40 because 5 = 5.

40 - 36 = 4.

Bailey won the race by about 4 seconds.

Bailey and Elena compete in a swim race. Their times are shown below. Round each time to the nearest whole second. Then estimate how many seconds Bailey won the race byBailey: 35.78 secondsElena: 39.51 seconds

Bailey and Elena compete in a swim race. Their times are shown below. Round each time to the nearest whole second. Then estimate how many seconds Bailey won the race by

Bailey: 35.78 seconds

Elena: 39.51 seconds