Comment on this post to give your example of a real life problem about time. It should involve hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of seconds (at least three of these). 
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Jeff ran a marathon his time for the marathon was
3hr 21min and 2.5seconds.
Callum also ran that marathon at a time of 3hr 15minutes 59.98 seconds.
A) who was faster
B by how much
Sam runs a marathon in a time 5hrs 34.68secs. Chris wins the marathon in a time 3hrs 14.24 secs. How much faster was Chris than Sam .
Do we do 1 2 or 3
Sam runs a marathon in a time of 5hrs 23mins and 34.56secs. Chris wins the marathon in a time of 3hrs 14 mins and 32.12 secs. how much faster was Chris than Sam?
You only need to post one problem here. What I meant was that your problem should involve time measured in either hours, minutes and seconds or minutes, seconds and hundredths of seconds.
Billy swam in the Olympics and got 2mins 23.43 secs and Frank got 2mins 25.34secs
A)who was faster
B)and by how much
Paul ran a marathon in a time of 4hrs 53mins 25.32sec . George ran the same marathon in a time of 4hrs 56mins 54.33sec .
How much faster was Paul than George
James swims for 5hr 23 min and 4.29 seconds Jamie swims 5hr 23 min and 2.28 seconds
A) who was the winner ? By how much ?
B) if Steph was 5.23 seconds behind Jamie what was his time ? How long would it take Steph to catch up with James
My dad took part in an ironman race last year, which had a time limit of 15 hours to complete. He took 14 hours 18 minutes and 59 seconds. How much time did he have to spare?
I wanted to watch a film that lasted 111 minutes (convert into hours and minutes) I have dancing at 1730 and I started watching the film at 1530 will I make it to dancing?how much time will I have to spare or will I be late?
I want to catch the bus from Chapelhall to Airdrie at 12pm to catch the train at 1310 going to Edinburgh. I have work at 1405 and train lasts 57 min and bus lasts 20 min.Keeping in mind i left my house at 1150 and it takes 5 min to get to the bus and train station.After get of the train it takes 5 min to get to work.
A)will i catch the bus in time and will i catch the train in time?
B)Will i be late for work and if yes by how many minutes?
C)If i was late is there anything that i could do to get there in time?( keeping in mind the buses run every 30 min and trains every 2 hrs)
AJ left for work at 0820 it took him exactly 1hr34mins12.34secs to get to work. His friend also left at 0820 but he knew a shortcut so it only took him 1hr4mins12.07secs to get to the same place.
a) what time did AJ arrive?
b) what time did his friend arrive?
c) would AJ make it for a 0940 start?
Steve scored his first goal in 14 mins he when scored his second 76 mins later including the 15 mins break at half . At what minute in the match does he score his second goal ?
James flew from Glasgow to Orlando his flight journey took 8hrs and 35 mins 38.75sec
Brooke flew from Manchester to Orlando her flight journey took 8hrs 50 mins 22.43 sec
a)who got there first
b)what was the difference between the two flights
The netball game lasted 35 minutes. The red team scored a goal in 1 minute 23.8secounds.The blue team took 20minutes 45.3secounds.
How many minutes and seconds more did it take the blue team to score?
After the red team scored how long was it until the game ended?
Jay was planing to go to Edinburgh to visit his friend.It was a 15min journey to the train station, a 5min wait for the train to arrive, a 5hr and 30min journey on the train,and a 20min taxi drive to his friends house.In total, how long did it take for Jay to get to his friends house?
Mark completed a marathon in a time of 2 hours 45 minutes 34.5 seconds
Johnson completed the same Marathon at a time of 2 hours 49 minutes 24.5 seconds
a) who completed the marathon first and by how much?
b) if mark and Johnson both started the marathon at 1354 what time did they each finish?
Martin- 1 hour 25 minutes 34•4 seconds
David- 1hour 27 minutes 56•08 seconds
These were the times of two cyclists cycling in a race.
1a) Who won, and by how long?
b) If Billy came third by 43•2 seconds, what was Billy’s time?
Bob jogs to the co op three times a week. His fastest time was 1hr 34mins and 17secs. He aims to get 1hr 29 mins 34secs. His fastest time in the second week was 1hr 31mins and 27secs. Then on the third week he got 1hr 27secs and 12secs.
A)How far was Bob from his aim on the 1st week.
B)How far away was he from his aim on the 2nd week.
C)How much had he beat his aim by on the 3rd week.
D)What was the time difference between the 1st week and the 3rd week.
callum -5 minutes 34.78 seconds
henry- 5 minutes 37.9
these are the two times of the first and second place winners of the mens swimming race.
who won and by how much?
At the grand prix the winner was travelling at 120mph and the distance of the race was 567 miles. How long did it take him?
Formula T = D / S
The Johnsons and the Browns are both going on the same family holiday from the same street in Glasgow . The travel distance is 300miles and they both go at an approximate speed 50mph but the Johnsons stop for 2 toilet breaks for 30 minutes each and the Browns stop for 3 toilet breaks for 25 minutes each .
a) How long does it the Johnsons to get there ?
b) How long does it take the Browns to get there ?
c) Who gets there first ?