Given:
Number of 100-meter races = 5
The time it took Isabella to complete each race, in seconds, was 12.7, 12.807, 12.78, 12.08, and 12.087.
To find:
The decimals in order from greatest to least.
Solution:
The time it took Isabella to complete each race, in seconds, was shown below:
12.7, 12.807, 12.78, 12.08, 12.087
We need to arrange this data in descending order.
In all 5 numbers the digits before decimals are same. On comparing the digits on the tenth place and hundredth place, we get
12.807 > 12.78 > 12.7 > 12.087 > 12. 08
Therefore, the required order of given data is 12.807, 12.78, 12.7, 12.087, 12. 08.
