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Time (Advanced): Practice Questions

4 multiple-choice questions marked as you go, and 5 written questions with worked solutions. All on Time (Advanced).

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Question 1

1 mark

A year is a leap year if it contains 366 days instead of 365. Which of the following years is a leap year?

Question 2

1 mark

A training workshop lasted for \(3\frac{1}{4}\) hours. How many minutes in total did the workshop last?

Question 3

1 mark

A laboratory experiment consists of four consecutive stages. Stage 1 takes \( 0.35 \) hours, Stage 2 takes \( 14 \) minutes \( 50 \) seconds, Stage 3 takes \( 1\frac{1}{4} \) hours, and Stage 4 takes \( 18 \) minutes \( 10 \) seconds. If the experiment finishes at 13:20, at what time did Stage 1 begin?

Question 4

1 mark

A delivery truck is scheduled to arrive at its destination at 00:35. Which of the following shows the same time in 12-hour clock format?

Question 5

2 marks

Express \( 150 \) minutes in hours and minutes.

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Question 6

3 marks

A bus left the station at \( 21:50 \) on Friday and reached its destination at \( 05:25 \) the next day. How long did the journey take in hours and minutes?

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Question 7

6 marks

A student starts reading a book at \( 9:20 \text{ AM} \) on Saturday. They read for \( 3 \) hours \( 45 \) minutes. Then they take a break for \( 1 \) hour \( 10 \) minutes. After the break, they read for another \( 2 \) hours \( 50 \) minutes. What time and day do they finish reading?

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Question 8

3 marks

A baker spends 1 minute and 45 seconds to decorate each cupcake. He needs to decorate 2 cupcakes.

(a) How many seconds does the baker spend decorating one cupcake?
(b) What is the total time, in seconds, the baker spends decorating both cupcakes?

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Question 9

6 marks

A deep-sea research team is conducting a two-stage underwater survey. Stage 1 begins at 21:50 on February 28th during a leap year and lasts for 6 hours and 25 minutes. After Stage 1 is completed, there is a 2-hour and 45-minute break to recharge the equipment. Stage 2 then begins immediately after the break and lasts for 18 hours and 10 minutes.

a) At what time and on what date did Stage 1 end?
b) At what time and on what date did Stage 2 begin?
c) At what time and on what date did the entire survey (Stage 2) finish?

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