TIME

Reviewing measurement of time

Remember:
60 seconds = 1 minute 60 minutes = 1 hour 24 hours = 1 day
7 days = 1 week 4 weeks = 1 month 12 months = 1 year
365 days = 1 year 366 days = 1 leap year 52 weeks = 1 year

Review EXERCISE 1
(1) hr min (2) min sec (3) min sec
5 20 8 35 15 35
3 35 4 27 -10 40
+ 7 20 +1 33 ____________
_______________ ______________

(4) How many minutes in 2 hours, 17 minutes?

1
(5) How many seconds in 2 minutes?
3

(6) How many hours and minutes from 7:45 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

(7) The winner of the 100 m sprint was timed at 9.95 seconds. The second placed runner was
0.05 seconds slower. How long did the second placed winner take to finish the race?

(8) How many days are there from

(a) 15 March to 5 June the same year?
(b) 9 September to 25 December the same year?

(9) A 14 week school term ended on 16 December . On what date did the term begin?
The 24-hour clock.
When we tell time we use a.m. for time between 12 midnight and 12 noon, and p.m. for time
between 12 noon and 12 midnight.
Sometimes when travelling one can be unaware if it a.m. or p.m.. Threfore many airports and
train stations use a 24 hour clock to state the time.

24
23 13 The clock face shows the 24 hour clock:
The inside numbers show the first 12
22 14 hours of the day from 12 midnight to 12
noon, and the outside numbers show the

21 15
second set of 12 hours from 12 noon to 12
midnight.

20 16

19 17
18

Remember 0200 hours means 2:00 a.m. and 1530 hours means 3:30 p.m.

EXERCISE 2
(1) Convert these times to 24-hour times.
(a) 9:00 a.m. (b) 11.25 a.m. (c) 3:24 p.m. (d) 5:20 p.m.

(2) Convert these times to 12-hour times.

(a) 1425 hours (b) 0015 hours (c) 0810 hours (d) 1816 hours.
Timetables
EXERCISE 3
(1)
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
900 Maths Science Visual Arts French Spanish
0940 Maths Science Visual Arts French Spanish
1020 BREAK
1040 Drama Lang. Arts Maths Spanish Civics
1120 Drama Lang. Arts Maths Spanish Civics
1200 LUNCH
1245 Music PE T.D. Science Lang. Arts
1325 Music PE T.D. I.T. Lang. Arts
1405 French Spanish T.D. I.T. Games
(i) How long is each lesson on the timetable?

(ii) At what time does the last lesson end?

(iii) How long is the school day?

(iv) How long is the lunch break?

(v) How much time is set aside for teaching each day?

(2) Complete the table

Flight Departure Arrival Flight
number time time time
CA123 0500 0940
BA347 2100 0350
EA245 1415 3 h 20 min
AA146 0830 2 h 45 min
Elapsed Time
Example 1
A hockey match began at 6:50 p.m. and ended at 7:45 p.m. How long did the match last?
h min
finish time 7 45
start time – 6 50
the match lasted 0 55

Example 2
A movie began at 11:45 a.m. and ended at 2:25 p.m. How long did the movie did the movie
last?

Since we cannot subtract morning time from afternoon time, we will convert all time to
24-hour time.
h min
finish time 14 25
start time – 11 45
duration of match 02 40

Example 3

A concert began at 7:30 pm and lasted for 3 hours 40 minutes. What time did the concert end?
h min
finish time 7 30
duration + 3 40
duration of match 11 10
EXERCISE 4
(1) Karen’s birthday party began at 5:15 p.m. and ended at 9:10 p.m. How long did the party
last?

(2) Harry left home at 10:30 a.m. to go shopping with his aunt. He returned home at 2:45
p.m. How long did he spend shopping?

(3) A plane took off at 9:20 a.m. and arrived at 4:45 p.m. How long did the flight last?

(4) Adam left home at 2:10 p.m. to go to a football game. The game started 35 minutes later.
What time did the game start?

(5) The school play took 1 hour and 20 minutes. It finished at 7:25 p.m. What time did it
start?

(6) A ship sailed from one port to another. The ship started at 10:00 a.m. and ended the
journey at 8:35 p.m. How long did the journey take?

(7) Peter left home with his grandparents at 09:50 to go into town. They got to town 1 hour
and 5 minutes later. What time did they get into town?

(8) A cyclist started a journey at 9:25 a.m. She rode for 2 hours and 20 minutes and rested for
quarter of an hour and then rode for another 3 hours. At what time did she reach her
destination?

(9) A clock gains 10 seconds every hour. If it is put right at 4 p.m. on Sunday, what time will
it be showing the following Monday when the correct time is 10 p.m.

(10) A motor rally began at 2100 hours on Friday and ended at 1345 hours the following day.
How long did the rally last?
ANSWERS
EXERCISE 1
(1) hr min (2) min sec (3) min sec
5 20 8 35 15 35
3 35 4 27 -10 40
+ 7 20 +1 33 14 55
16 15 14 35

(4) 137 (5) 140 (6) 5 hours 20 minutes (7) 10 seconds

(8) (a) 83 (b) 108

(9) 12 September

EXERCISE 2
(1) (a) 900 hours (b) 1125 hours (c) 1524 hours (d) 1720 hours
(2) (a) 12:25 p.m. (b) 12:12 a.m. (c) 8:10 a.m. (d) 6:16 p.m.

EXERCISE 3
(1)
(i) 40 minutes (ii) 1445 or 2:45 p.m. (iii) 5 hours 45 minutes (iv) 45 minutes
(v) 4 hours 40 minutes

(2) Complete the table

Flight Departure Arrival Flight
number time time time
CA123 0500 0940 4 h 40 min
BA347 2100 0350 6 h 50 min
EA245 1415 1735 3 h 20 min
AA146 0545 0830 2 h 45 min
EXERCISE 4
(1) 3 hours 55 minutes (2) 5 hours 25 minutes (3) 7 hours 25 minutes
(4) 2:45 (5) 6:05 (6) 10 hours 35 minutes (7) 10:55
(8) 3:00 p.m. (9) 10:05 p.m. (10) 16 hours 45 minutes