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Elapsed Time Practice
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Elapsed Time Practice
Find elapsed time by counting forward or backward in minutes. For each problem, show your thinking where space is provided.
Quick Time Checks
Work with start times, end times, and durations.
1.A post office opens a sorting task at 9:12 a.m. and finishes at 9:37 a.m. How long does the task take?
- 15 minutes
- 25 minutes
- 35 minutes
- 45 minutes
2.Ethan begins sorting letters at 10:25 a.m. He works for 32 minutes. What time does he finish?
- 10:47 a.m.
- 10:57 a.m.
- 11:07 a.m.
- 11:27 a.m.
3.Which situation can be solved by adding the duration to the start time to find the end time? Choose one.
- Start time 1:15 p.m.; activity lasts 20 minutes
- End time 1:35 p.m.; activity lasts 20 minutes
- Start time 1:15 p.m. and end time 1:35 p.m.
- Duration is 20 minutes; no start or end time is given
4.Camila leaves the post office at 2:18 p.m. and arrives at the delivery center at 2:46 p.m. How many minutes does the trip take?
Clocks, Backward Counting, and Schedules
Use clock times and durations to solve each problem.
5.A mail cart leaves at 11:10 a.m. and returns at 11:40 a.m. Write the elapsed time. Use the clock to show 11:10 a.m., then draw a second clock to show 11:40 a.m.
6.Mateo arrives at the post office at 3:32 p.m. His bus ride took 24 minutes. What time did he leave home?
7.At a post office, package scanning starts at 8:05 a.m. and takes 15 minutes. Letter sorting starts at 9:20 a.m. and takes 26 minutes. A break starts at 12:10 p.m. and lasts 20 minutes. How many minutes do all three activities take altogether?
8.Ethan starts reading a package label at 1:48 p.m. and reads for 27 minutes. What time does he finish?
9.Match each time problem to its answer.
- From 4:05 p.m. to 4:25 p.m.
- Start at 10:40 a.m.; add 15 minutes
- Arrive at 12:30 p.m. after a 20-minute trip
- From 2:18 p.m. to 2:48 p.m.
- 10:55 a.m.
- 20 minutes
- 12:10 p.m.
- 30 minutes
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