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Time and durations – practice for Years 3–5

Sample questions on Time and durations with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Maths
Year
Years 3–5
Curriculum area
Problem solving and non-routine tasks

Question types: Telling the time

Rule: Time and durations

Work out the hours and the minutes separately. 60 minutes or more make another hour.

When subtracting you can “borrow” an hour: 18:00 is the same as 17 h 60 min.

Example: 18:00 − 2 h 38 min = 17 h 60 min − 2 h 38 min = 15:22

Watch out: An hour has 60 minutes, not 100: 9:50 + 20 min = 10:10, not 9:70.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    A film started at 18:00 and finished at 18:20. How many minutes long was it?

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    Answer: 20 min

    How it works: 18:00 → 18:20: 20 min

  2. Question 2 Normal

    A film started at 18:00 and finished at 18:35. How many minutes long was it?

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    Answer: 35 min

    How it works: 18:00 → 18:35: 35 min

  3. Question 3 Hard

    A film started at 18:00 and finished at 19:32. How many minutes long was it?

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    Answer: 92 min

    How it works: 18:00 → 19:32: 1 h 32 min = 92 min

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