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15.1 THE 12-HOUR AND 24-HOUR CLOCK

1. Write these as 24-hour clock times.
a) 7:15 am

b) 10:45 am

c) 3:35 pm

d) 8 pm

e) 11:30 am

f) 11:30 pm

2. Write these times using the 12-hour clock

a) 0930

b) 1600

c) 2140

d) 0045

e) 2310

f) 1205

3. How long is it:

a) from 0830 to 0915

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b) from 1349 to 1422

c) from 1742 to 1811

4. How long is it:

a) from 8:25 am to 11:08 am

b) from 11:30 am to 2:45 pm

c) from 9:30 am to 7:15 pm

5. A train left at 1035 and arrived at 1210. How long did the journey take?

6. A car left at 1350 and arrived at 1815.

a) How long did the journey take?

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b) The driver took one break, for 1 hours. How long was she driving?
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7. A train left at 2247 and arrived at its destination the next morning at 0633. How long
did the journey take?

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8. A car left at 0945. The journey took 25 minutes. Work out when it arrived.

9. A plane took off at 1155 and arrived 2 hours 40 minutes later. What time did it arrive?

10. A traveller arrived at 1725. The journey took 5 hours and 50 minutes. What time did the
traveller start?

11. The time in Wellington is 11 hours ahead of the time in London. What time is it in
Wellington when it is 6:15 am in London?

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12. The time in Abuja is 4 hours behind the time in Delhi. What time is it in Abuja when it
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is 1820 in Delhi?

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13. The time in Jakarta is 1 hour ahead of the time in Delhi. What time is it in Abuja when
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it is 0105 in Jakarta?

14. A plane left Cairo at 1645 and arrived in Abu Dhabi 3 hours and 40 minutes later. Abu
Dhabi is 2 hours ahead of Cairo. What time did the plane arrive?

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15.2 TIMETABLES
1. Here is part of a bus timetable.

Departure times
Bus station 14 10
Town centre 14 26
Museum 14 33
Park 14 45
Harbour 15 08

a) What time does the bus leave the bus station? Write the answer in the 12-hour
clock.

b) How long is the journey from the town centre to the harbour?

c) Masha gets to the museum bus stop at 14 20. How long will she have to wait for
the bus?

d) The next bus leaves the bus station 35 minutes later than the time shown on the
timetable. What time is that?

2. Here is part of a ferry timetable.

Departure times
City Bridge 11 35 12 15 13 25
Dock 11 52 12 26 13 42
Tower Bridge 12 14 12 50 14 04
Old Bridge 12 26 13 21 14 16

a) Hassan arrives at City Bridge at 11 50. How long will he wait for a ferry?

b) What time will Hassan get to Tower Bridge?

c) How long does the 13 25 from City Bridge take to get to Old Bridge?

d) How long does the second ferry take for the whole journey?

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3. This table shows the departure times of planes at an airport.

Departure times
Bangkok 18 25
Abu Dhabi 18 40
Hyderabad 18 45
Tokyo 18 55
Delhi 19 10
Cairo 19 15

a) It is now 15 50. Work out the time until the Bangkok departure.

b) Work out the time between the Abu Dhabi departure and the Cairo departure.

c) The Tokyo flight is delayed by 85 minutes. Work out the new departure time.

4. This is a train timetable.

Departure times
Ayton 10 40 11 25 12 50 14 05 15 12
Caply 11 15 – 13 25 14 40 –
Denby 11 42 – – 15 07 –
Filsea 12 18 12 32 13 15 15 43 16 09

a) How many trains stop at Caply?

b) How long does the 10 40 from Ayton take to reach Filsea?

c) What is the fastest journey time from Ayton to Filsea?

d) A man arrives at Ayton Station at 12 30. What is the earliest time he can reach
Denby?

e) A woman has an appointment in Filsea at 4 pm. What train from Ayton should she
catch?

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5. This timetable shows flights in New Zealand from Christchurch to Auckland. Some
flights stop in Wellington.

Christchurch depart 08 40 10 30 13 35 14 45 18 45
Wellington arrive 11 15 19 30
Wellington depart 13 00 20 00
Auckland arrive 10 00 14 00 14 55 15 05 21 00

a) Write the arrival and departure times of the 13 35, using 12-hour clock times.

b) How long does the flight on the 08 40 take?

c) How long does the journey on the 18 45 take?

d) Melissa takes the 10 30 from Christchurch. How long does she wait in Wellington?

6. Yusef is going to watch a football match in the park. He will catch a bus and then a train.
It takes Yusef 10 minutes to walk from his home to the Statue bus stop. The walk from
Park Station to the football pitch takes 15 minutes. The match starts at 4 pm. Here are
the bus and train timetables.
Bus timetable

Statue 13 35 13 50 14 05 14 20 14 35
Hospital 13 55 14 10 14 25 14 40 14 55
Lake 14 11 14 26 14 41 14 56 15 11
Main station 14 27 14 38 14 53 15 12 15 27

a) What is the latest time Yusef can leave home?

b) Which bus and train should he catch?

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15.3 REAL-LIFE GRAPHS

1. This graph shows a car journey. The journey was in two stages with a rest break.

a) Work out the time taken for the first part of the journey.

b) Work out the distance the car travelled in the first part.

c) Work out the time taken for the rest break.

d) Work out the time taken for the whole journey.

e) Work out the total distance travelled.

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f) Did the car travel more quickly in the first stage or the last stage? Give a reason for
your answer.

2. Luis drove to Overton. He stayed there for a while and then he drove back home. The
graph shows his journey.

a) Work out the distance from Luis’s home to Overton.

b) Work out how long Luis was at Overton.

c) Find:
i. the time taken to reach Overton

ii. the time taken to get back home from Overton.

d) Did Luis drive faster travelling to Overton or going home?

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3. Maya likes to run from home to school. This graph shows her journey one morning.

a) How far from school is Maya’s home?

b) When did Maya leave home?

c) Maya stopped for a rest on the way.

i. When did she stop?

ii. How long did she stop for?

d) When did she get to school?

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4. In an experiment Salman heated some water. The graph shows how the temperature
changed.

a) What was the temperature at the start?

b) What was the temperature after 2 minutes?

c) What was the highest temperature?

d) What happened after 4 minutes?

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