Exercises: Timetables: Reading and Working with Duration
Work through each section in order. Use the two-finger method: one finger on the row, one on the column.
Recall / Warm-Up
Read the 24-hour time 0745 aloud in words. Is it a.m. or p.m.? Give just 'a.m.' or 'p.m.'.
Is the 24-hour time 2015 a.m. or p.m.? Give just 'a.m.' or 'p.m.'.
Convert the 24-hour time 1330 to 12-hour notation. Give your answer as H:MM a.m./p.m.
Fluency Practice
A travel timetable lists three stops (Kampala, Mukono, Jinja) as rows, and two buses
as columns. The 0730 bus reaches Mukono at 0830 and Jinja at 0930. The 0900 bus reaches
Mukono at 1000 and Jinja at 1100. When does the 0730 bus reach Jinja?
A class timetable shows Maths from 0800 to 0900 and English from 0900 to 1000 on
Monday. What time does English start on Monday?
A bus departs Kampala at 0830 and arrives Jinja at 1115 (both read from a timetable).
Find the duration of the journey using the count-up method. Give your answer as
H h MM min.
A lesson on the class timetable runs from 1000 to 1140. Find its duration using the
count-up method. Give your answer as H h MM min.
A night bus departs at 2230 and arrives at 0115 the next day. Find the duration using
the count-up method (count up through 0000 in two parts). Give your answer as
H h MM min.
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