Time worksheet
10 GCSE practice questions with answers, free to print. Every sheet is generated, so you can make a fresh one whenever you need it.
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3 marks
(a)
A quiz starts at 4:45 pm.
Write this time using the 24-hour clock.
(b)A coach leaves at 10:20.
Write this time using am or pm.
(c)A pool closes at 19:15.
Write this time using am or pm.
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3 marks
(a)
A car journey takes \(5.75\) hours.
Write this time in hours and minutes.
(b)A bus journey takes \(4.3\) hours.
Callum says this is 4 hours and 30 minutes.
Write down the correct time in hours and minutes.
(c)Explain the mistake Callum made.
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3 marks
Isla works through three jobs.
Sanding takes 55 minutes, painting takes 85 minutes and varnishing takes 50 minutes.
(a)Work out how many minutes Isla spends altogether.
(b)Write your answer to part (a) in hours and minutes.
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5 marks
(a)
A film starts at 13:30 and finishes at 14:45.
Work out how long the film lasts. Give your answer in hours and minutes.
(b)A night shift at a hotel starts at 21:45 and ends at 05:15 the next morning.
Work out how long the shift lasts. Give your answer in hours and minutes.
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5 marks
Here is part of a bus timetable.
Bus A Bus B Bus C Market Square 11:50 12:20 12:50 Hospital 12:20 12:50 13:20 Railway Station 12:58 13:28 13:58 (a)Work out how many minutes Bus A takes to get from Market Square to Hospital.
(b)Work out how long Bus C takes to get from Market Square to Railway Station.
Give your answer in hours and minutes.
(c)Aisha needs to be at Railway Station by 13:32.
Write down the time of the latest bus she can catch from Market Square.
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3 marks
A plane leaves London at \({dhp}{dh}:{dp}{dm}\) UK time.
The flight to {city} takes \({fh}\) hours and \({fm}\) minutes.
The local time in {city} is \({zone}\) hours {dir} UK time.
(a){ask} the time in the UK when the plane lands.
Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.
(b){ask} the local time in {city} when the plane lands.
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3 marks
Find the latest time Rosa can set off.
Give your answer using the 24-hour clock.
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3 marks
Which took longer, and by how much?
You must show your working.
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4 marks
Dev waits tables at a cafe.
Last week he worked three shifts: 6 hours, 6 hours and 7 hours.
He is paid £12.75 an hour.
(a)Work out how many hours Dev worked altogether.
(b)Work out how much Dev was paid for the week.
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3 marks
(a)
A film starts at 9:40 pm.
Write this time using the 24-hour clock.
(b)A train leaves at 11:55.
Write this time using am or pm.
(c)A shop closes at 20:30.
Write this time using am or pm.
Answers
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(a) 16:45
(b) 10:20 am
(c) 7:15 pm -
(a) 5 hours 45 minutes
(b) 4 hours 18 minutes
(c) He read \(0.3\) of an hour as 30 minutes, as if an hour had 100 minutes in it. An hour has 60 minutes, so \(0.3\) of an hour is \(0.3 \times 60 = 18\) minutes. -
(a) \(190\ \text{minutes}\)
(b) 3 hours 10 minutes -
(a) 1 hour 15 minutes
(b) 7 hours 30 minutes -
(a) \(30\ \text{minutes}\)
(b) 1 hour 8 minutes
(c) 12:20 -
(a) \({ukhp}{ukh}:{ukp}{ukm}\)
(b) \({lochp}{loch}:{locp}{locm}\) - 08:45
- The outward journey, by 10 minutes
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(a) \(19\ \text{hours}\)
(b) \(\text{£}242.25\) -
(a) 21:40
(b) 11:55 am
(c) 8:30 pm