Math Drills
Adding and Subtracting Time
B-3Word Problems (Subtraction)
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What this worksheet covers
- Topic
- Time and Duration
- Worksheet
- Addition and Subtraction
Two stretches of time are put together, or the time spent is taken out of a whole to leave the rest, and both come as word problems. Adding and subtracting are both present: the scene is read, the equation set down, and the answer written in hours and minutes either way.
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The first thing to look at is whether the minutes in the answer have come below sixty. Answers left standing at seventy or eighty minutes, never converted into hours, are caught that way. In the subtracting items the minutes fall short and sixty cannot be borrowed from the hours, so the smaller figure is taken from the larger instead.
Middle of three lessons, where the restatement of sixty learned in Units (Hours and Minutes) gets used inside a situation. Elapsed Time then changes the shape into finding the stretch between two clock times.
- Subtraction6 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Time and Duration”, shown with their answers.
(1)At the park they did jump rope for 2 hours 10 minutes. On the way they rested for 25 minutes. How many hours and minutes did they keep jumping? Answer □ □
Answer: 1h, 45min
(2)In the mountains they went hiking for 2 hours 30 minutes. On the way they rested for 45 minutes. How many hours and minutes did they walk? Answer □ □
Answer: 1h, 45min
(3)In the library they did reading for 3 hours 10 minutes. On the way they rested for 45 minutes. How many hours and minutes did they read the book? Answer □ □
Answer: 2h, 25min
(4)On a summer day they were at the pool for 3 hours. Changing clothes took 20 minutes. How many hours and minutes did they swim? Answer □ □
Answer: 2h, 40min
(5)Noah played basketball for 2 hours 45 minutes. The break was 50 minutes. How many hours and minutes was he moving the ball? Answer □ □
Answer: 1h, 55min
(6)At the sports day they did running for 2 hours 30 minutes. On the way they rested for 55 minutes. How many hours and minutes did they run? Answer □ □
Answer: 1h, 35min
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