Converting Units of Time Word Problems

Maya's basketball practice started at 4:10 p.m. If her practice ended at 7:05 p.m., how long did her basketball practice last?

• 3 hours

• 3 hours and 5 minutes

• 2 hours and 55 minutes

• 2 hours and 50 minutes

Kelsey and her family went to a play. The play started at 1:15pm and ended at 3:30pm. How long did the play last?

• 1 hour 15 minutes

• 1 hour 45 minutes

• 2 hours 45 minutes

• 2 hours 15 minutes

Jason started baseball practice Saturday afternoon at the time shown on the clock. Practice ended at 4:25 p.m. How many minutes did Jason's baseball practice last?

• 15

• 25

• 35

• 45

Snack in our class occurs at 9:50 am.  We eat lunch at 12:05 pm.  How long to students need to wait from snack to lunch to eat?

• 2 hours

• 2 hours, 15 minutes

• 3 hours

• 3 hours, 15 minutes

A car travels 60 miles in 1 hour. How many feet does it travel in 1 second? (Note: 1 mile = 5280 feet)

• 88 feet

• 5280 feet

• 176 feet

• 60 feet

Answer explanation

To find the distance in feet traveled in 1 second, first convert 1 hour to seconds (3600 seconds). Then, calculate 60 miles * 5280 feet / 3600 seconds = 88 feet.

Tess and her mom cooked the turkey on Thanksgiving. They put the bird in the oven at 10:20am and the turkey was done 4 hours and 23 minutes later. What time was the turkey done?

• 2:23

• 3:43

• 3:23

• 2:43

A plane left Chicago O'Hare Airport at 11:40am and arrived at San Francisco International Airport at 4:25pm. How long was the flight?

• 4 hours 45 minutes

• 5 hours 45 minutes

• 4 hours 25 nminutes

• 5 hours 25 minutes

Amari worked on his homework for two hours and fifty minutes. He finished at 6:30 pm. What time did he start?

• 3:40 pm

• 4:40 pm

• 2:50 pm

• 3:50 pm

Mya's mom dropped her off for a movie at 2:10. She picked her up at 4:40. How long was the movie? 

• 2 hours & 30 minutes

• 3 hours

• 2 hours & 40 minutes

• 3 hours & 30 minutes

3 hours 15 minutes = ________ minutes

• 100

• 185

• 180

• 195