Elapsed Time Problem Solving

Allen began his breakfast at 6:55 a.m. and finished at 7:10 a.m. How long did it take him to eat?

• 10 mins

• 15 mins

• 20 mins

• 30 mins

Mary left school at 4:15 p.m. and arrived home at 5:05 p.m. How long did she travel?

• hour

• 30 mins

• 45 mins

• 50 mins

The Cruz family arrived at Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange(PITX) at 7:30 a.m. The bus left at 8:15 a.m. How long did they wait?

• 15 mins

• 20 mins

• 45 mins

• 60 mins

Carlo finished the 100-meter distance in 48 seconds as shown in the stopwatch. If the timer started recording the time after 5 seconds, how long was Carlo's running time?

• 40 seconds

• 45 seconds

• 48 seconds

• 43 seconds

The train was scheduled to arrive at 5:10 p.m. However, it was delayed for 25 minutes.
What time was it when the train arrived?

How should we solve this word problem?

We should ​ (a)   25 minutes to 5:10 P.M.

• add

• subtract

Jon put a pie in the oven at 5:15 p.m. He took the pie out of the oven 35 minutes later. At what time did Jon take the pie out of the oven?

​ (a)   ​ : ​​ (b)   P.M.

• 5

• 50

• 45

• 6

John wakes up at 5:30 a.m. so that he will have time to prepare himself for school. At 6:10 a.m., he is ready to go to school. How long does it take him to prepare for school? What is asked in the problem?

• The time John wakes up

• The time he is ready to go to school

• The length of time it takes John to prepare

• The activity he does every morning

During the gardening time, Mrs. Sambuena gave her pupils their assigned work in their school garden. The pupils started to prepare their garden plots at 2:55p.m. At 3:30 p.m., Mrs. Sambuena asked them to go back to their classroom. How long did they stay in their school garden?

• 30 mins

• 45 mins

• 35 mins

• 40 mins

Ryan and his teammates started their practice in the gymnasium at 7:20 a.m. They ended at 9:10 a.m. with just enough time to prepare for their classes. How many minutes did they spend practicing?

• 1 hour

• 1 hour 30 mins

• 1 hour 40 mins

• 1 hour 50 mins

Carlito took 25 minutes to eat his lunch. He finished at 12:40 p.m. What time did he start eating?

• 12:15 p.m.

• 12:10 p.m.

• 12:05 p.m.

• 12:00 p.m.