Time and Timetables: Practice Set 2
Time and Timetables: Practice Set 2 is a second practice round for 11+ time questions, covering the 12-hour and 24-hour clock and calculating durations, before pushing into multi-stage journeys and problems where the time crosses midnight.
Method
- Convert all times to the 24-hour clock first, so that morning and afternoon times cannot be confused during a calculation.
- To find a duration, count on from the start time to the next whole hour first, then add the remaining minutes to reach the finishing time.
- When a journey crosses midnight, treat the time after midnight as belonging to the next day and add the two parts of the journey together, rather than subtracting and getting a negative duration.
- To read a timetable, find the correct row for the station or stop, and match it to the correct column for the specific service or day.
- For a journey with a connection, work out the duration of each leg separately, including any waiting time between them, then add the legs together.
- Convert between minutes and hours and minutes by dividing by 60, remembering that the remainder is the number of minutes left over.
Worked example
A train leaves at 22:45 and arrives at its destination at 01:20 the next day. Calculate the length of the journey.
- Find the time from 22:45 to midnight: 22:45 to 23:45 is 1 hour, then 23:45 to 00:00 is a further 15 minutes, giving 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Find the time from midnight to the arrival time: 00:00 to 01:20 is 1 hour 20 minutes.
- Add the two parts of the journey together: 1 hour 15 minutes + 1 hour 20 minutes = 2 hours 35 minutes.
- Final answer: 2 hours 35 minutes.
Practice questions
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Q1Write 4:15 pm using the 24-hour clock.Show answer
Answer: 16:15
Q2Write 19:40 using the 12-hour clock.Show answer
Answer: 7:40 pm
Q3A film starts at 14:50 and lasts 1 hour 45 minutes. What time does it finish?Show answer
Answer: 16:35
Q4A bus journey takes 55 minutes. If the bus leaves at 09:20, what time does it arrive?Show answer
Answer: 10:15
Q5Calculate the time difference between 07:35 and 12:10.Show answer
Answer: 4 hours 35 minutes
Q6A coach leaves at 23:10 and the journey takes 3 hours 30 minutes. What time does it arrive?Show answer
Answer: 02:40 (the next day)
Exam-style questions
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A train timetable shows a train departs Bristol at 08:52 and arrives in London at 10:37. Calculate the length of the journey.
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Freya catches a bus at 13:15 that takes 40 minutes to reach the station. Her train leaves the station at 14:20. (a) Calculate what time the bus arrives at the station. (b) Calculate how many minutes Freya has to wait for her train.
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A ferry crossing leaves at 21:40 and takes 4 hours 55 minutes. A coach then takes passengers from the ferry terminal to the city centre, leaving 20 minutes after the ferry docks and taking a further 35 minutes. Calculate the time the coach arrives in the city centre.
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