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M2: Working with time
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22 29 Sydney is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC +10) and New 3 Solution
MS2
York is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC −5).
Tony travels from Sydney to New York. His plane leaves Sydney at 8:20 pm on
Wednesday local time and flies non-stop to New York.
The flight takes 20 hours and 24 minutes.
What time and day is it in New York when the plane lands?
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21 20 City A is in Sweden and is located at (58°N, 16°E). Sydney, in Australia, is 3 Solution
MS2 located at (33°S, 151°E). Robert lives in Sydney and needs to give an online
presentation to his colleagues in City A starting at 5:00 pm Thursday, local time
in Sweden.
What time and day, in Sydney, should Robert start his presentation?
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19 5 The Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of Auckland is +12 hours and the UTC of 1 Solution
MS2 Chicago is –5 hours.
When the time in Chicago is 2 pm, Thursday, what is the time in Auckland?
A. 9 pm, Wednesday B. 7 am, Thursday C. 9 pm, Thursday D. 7 am, Friday
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SQ ME Part of a train timetable is shown. 1 Solution
MS 5 Kris arrives at Amesham station at
2 Band
1.45 pm and needs to get to
2-3
Frampton as quickly as possible.
Assuming all trains run to schedule,
what is the EARLIEST time that Kris
can arrive at Frampton station?
A. 2.29 pm
B. 2.38 pm
C. 2.47 pm
D. 2.55 pm
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SQ ME Karin is in Athens, which is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Solution
MS 18 Marco is in New York, which is five hours behind UTC.
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(a) Karin is going to ring Marco at 10 pm on Tuesday, Athens time. 1
2-4
What day and time will it be in New York when she rings?
13 27e (b) Marco is going to fly from New York to Athens. His flight will leave on 2
MG Wednesday at 9 am, New York time, and will take 11 hours.
What day and time will it be in Athens when he arrives?
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18 29a 1 3 Solution
MG The time in Brisbane is 4 hours ahead of the time in New Delhi. John flew
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2
from New Delhi to Brisbane via Singapore. His plane left New Delhi at 11:30 am
(New Delhi time), stopped for 3 hours in Singapore, and arrived in Brisbane at
9:00 am the following day (Brisbane time).
What was the plane’s total flying time?
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17 27d Island A and island B are both on the Solution
MG equator. Island B is west of island A.
2 The longitude of island A is 5oE and the
angle at the centre of the earth (O),
between A and B, is 30o.
(i) What is the longitude of island B? 1
(ii) What time is it on island B when it 1
is 10 am on island A?
(iii) Projectmaths: not in Maths Stand 2
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16 27e Melbourne is located at (38oS, 145oE) and Dubai is located at (24oN, 55oE). Solution
MG (i) Calculate the difference in longitude between Melbourne and Dubai. 1
2 (ii) Show that the time difference between Melbourne and Dubai is 6 hours. 1
(iii) A plane leaves Melbourne on Friday at 11:30 pm. 2
The flight time to Dubai is 15 hours.
What will be the time and the day in Dubai when the plane is due to land?
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15 14 Stockholm is located at 59oN 18oE and Darwin is located at 13oS 131oE. What is 1 Solution
MG the time difference between Stockholm and Darwin? (Ignore time zones and
2 daylight savings.)
(A) 184 minutes (B) 288 minutes
(C) 452 minutes (D) 596 minutes
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14 26g Singapore is located at 1 N 104 E and Sydney is located at 34oS 151oE. What is
o o
2 Solution
MG the time difference between Singapore and Sydney? (Ignore daylight saving.)
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SP 13 In this diagram of the Earth, O 1 Solution
MG represents the centre and B lies on
2 both the Equator and the
10 15 Greenwich Meridian. What is the
MG latitude and longitude of point A?
(A) 30o N 110o E (B) 30o N 110o W
(C) 60o N 110o E (D) 60o N 110o W
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SP 26d This question has been adjusted by expressing in terms of UTC: 2 Solution
MG The local time in Perth in Western Australia is UTC+8.
2 The local time in Santiago in Chile is UTC–3.
What is the day and time in Santiago when it is 8 am on Friday in Perth?
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11 3 This question has been adjusted by expressing in terms of UTC: 1 Solution
GM The time zone used in Perth in Western Australia is UTC+8. The time zone used
in Cape Town in South Africa is UTC+2. What is the time in Cape Town when it
is 1 pm in Perth?
(A) 3 am (B) 7 am (C) 7 pm (D) 11 pm
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10 25c Lee is going on a cruise ship holiday. Solution
GM (i) Not in Mathematics Standard course
(ii) Lee wants to call home to Sydney (34oS, 151oE) from Papeete, Tahiti 2
(17oS, 149oW) when it is 7 pm on Friday in Sydney. Give the time and day
in Papeete when she should make the call. (Ignore time zones.)
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09 26b Osaka is at 34°N, 135°E, and Denver is at 40°N, 105°W. Solution
GM (i) Show that there is a 16-hour time difference between the two cities. 2
(Ignore time zones.)
(ii) John lives in Denver and wants to ring a friend in Osaka. In Denver it is 1
9 pm Monday. What time and day is it in Osaka then?
(iii) John’s friend in Osaka sent him a text message which happened to take 2
14 hours to reach him. It was sent at 10 am Thursday, Osaka time.
What was the time and day in Denver when John received the text?
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07 20 Kim lives in Perth (32°S, 115°E). He wants to watch an ice hockey game being 1 Solution
GM played in Toronto (44°N, 80°W) starting at 10.00 pm on Wednesday.
What is the time in Perth when the game starts?
(A) 9.00 am on Wednesday (B) 7.40 pm on Wednesday
(C) 12.20 am on Thursday (D) 11.00 am on Thursday
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06 26d Cassie flew from London (52°N, 0°E) to Manila (15°N, 120°E). Her plane left 4 Solution
GM London at 9.30 am Monday (London time), stopped for 5 hours in Singapore and
arrived in Manila at 4.00 pm Tuesday (Manila time). What was the total flying
time? (Ignore time zones.)
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05 19 The location of Town A is 25°N 45°E. The location of Town B is 10°N 105°E. 1 Solution
GM Which of the following is true? (Ignore time zones.)
(A) Town A is four hours behind Town B.
(B) Town A is four hours ahead of Town B.
(C) Town A is one hour behind Town B.
(D) Town A is one hour ahead of Town B.
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