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Time Duration Problems

A community festival is running in Wellington. Use 12-hour and 24-hour time to plan journeys and activities. Show your calculations where useful.

Reading the festival clock

The timetable uses 24-hour time. Remember: 12:00 is noon; times after 12:00 to 23:59 are in the afternoon or evening. 00:00 is midnight.

1.Convert the festival opening time, 9:35 am, to 24-hour time.
2.A music act starts at 18:20. Write this in 12-hour time, including am or pm.
3.Which 24-hour time is 7:45 pm?
  • 07:45
  • 17:45
  • 19:45
  • 20:45

Festival journeys

Use elapsed time to work out how long each trip or activity lasts. A number line can help you count on to the finish time.

4.A train leaves Wellington at 10:48 and arrives at the festival station at 12:17. How long is the train journey?
10.811.0511.311.5511.812.0512.3
5.Anahera starts helping at a stall at 1:25 pm and finishes at 3:10 pm. How long does she help?
13.413.6513.914.1514.414.6514.915.15
6.A cooking demonstration begins at 11:35 and lasts 50 minutes. What time does it end? Give your answer in 24-hour time.
7.The evening concert ends at 20:05 after running for 1 hour 35 minutes. What time did it start?

Plan a trip using the shuttle timetable

Shuttle buses run between the railway station and the festival gate. The ride takes 18 minutes.

12:40

13:15

14:05

14:50

16:10

17:25

8.A shuttle leaves the station at 14:50. Use the 18-minute ride time to calculate when it arrives at the festival gate.
9.The main stage act starts at 15:30. Which is the latest shuttle departure that gets a passenger to the festival gate on time?
10.Nikau arrives at the gate on the 13:33 shuttle. He stays for 2 hours 25 minutes. What time does he leave the festival gate?

3 printable pages

  • Time Duration Problems, page 1 of 3: Reading the festival clock, Festival journeys

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  • Time Duration Problems, page 2 of 3: Plan a trip using the shuttle timetable

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  • Time Duration Problems, page 3 of 3: 10. Nikau arrives at the gate on the 13:33 shuttle. He stays for 2 hours 25 minutes. What…

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