Elapsed time Story problem

Elapsed time problem

Read the text and then answer the questions below. For each question select the information needed to solve the problem.

In October 23^rd Ms Tania and Edi were going to watch the musical “Beauty and the Beast”. Ms. Tania was kind enough to give Edi a ride. Ms. Tania left her house at 3:45 p.m. to pick up Edi at her house.  She arrived at Edi’s house at 4:30 p.m. They got at the theater at 5:00 p.m.

The play started exactly at 5:30 p.m. and it lasted for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

When the play was finished, the actors came out to talk to the crowd and they decided to stay until 7:45 p.m.

At about 8:00 p.m. Ms. Tania and Edi were in the car going back home. Ms. Tania dropped Edi in her house at 8:35 p.m. She continued her way to her house which took about 25 minutes.

1. How long did it take to Ms. Tania to arrive at Edi’s house?
2. How long did it take Ms. Tania the whole trip, from her house to the theater?
3. What time did the play finished?
4. For how long did the actors talk to the crowd?
5. How long was the whole trip leaving from Ms. Tania’s house to the theater?
6. How long was the whole trip leaving from the theater to Ms. Tania’s house?

Elapsed time word problems

Elapsed Time- Practice

In your groups solve the following problems using the Z method.

1.Amanda and Julia Ajauskas got in line for a roller coaster at 11:05am in the morning. They got on the ride at 12:35pm. How long did they wait in line?

2. Ana Carolina and Maria Izabel got a new puzzle with lots of pieces. They started putting together the new puzzle at 4:05pm. They finished just before dinner at 7:55pm. How long did they take to complete the puzzle?

3. Pedro Smith started reading his new book at 11:40am. It was so interesting that he couldn't put it down. At 12:30pm he finished reading the last page. How long did it take Luke to read the entire book?

4. Pedro P and Pedro Siqueira went to a football game together. The game started at 2:45pm and ended at 5:55pm. How long was the game?

5. Clarissa started cleaning her room at 11:45am. She finished cleaning it at 12:25pm. How long did it take her to clean her room?

6. It was 12:50pm when Gustavo started doing his homework. He finished at 1:55pm. How long did he take to complete his homework?

7. Soccer practice for Grade 5 boys started at 4:30pm and ended at 5:35pm.

How long was soccer practice?

8. Grade 5 girls decided to help at the library. They started at 11:35am and finished at 1:05pm. How long did they work in the library?

  

9. Carolina and Karla got on the school bus at 4:30pm and arrived home at 5:25pm. How long was the journey home?

10. Victoria started her math homework at 5:15pm. It took her 25 minutes to complete all the problems. What time was it when Victoria finished her math homework?

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