Name _____________________________
Got the Time?
DIRECTIONS:
Read each of the story problems below. Pay special attention
to the times mentioned in each story. Answer the question
at the end of each story problem.
- Mara had an appointment at Dr. Sanchez's office yesterday
at 11:30 a.m. The doctor called her into his office right
on time. She was out of there 25 minutes later. What time
did Mara leave the doctor's office?
- Patrick stopped at Sylvia's Soup and Salad for lunch.
He stayed there until he had to leave to meet his friend,
Manuel, at the library. They were meeting at 1:30 p.m. The
library is a 20-minute walk from Sylvia's. What time did
Patrick have to leave the restaurant in order to get to
the library right on time?
- Tarana and Malik are going to march in the big city parade
on Saturday. They have to be at the parade an hour before
it starts. The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. If it takes 25
minutes to walk to the starting point of the parade, what
time will Tarana and Malik have to leave home in order to
be there right on time?
- Cara, the owner of Cara's Cookie Jar, has to bake 12
large pans of chocolate chip cookies before she leaves for
the day. She can bake two pans of cookies at a time. Cara
knows that for perfect cookies each pan must bake for 15
minutes -- no more, no less. If she starts baking at 5:45
p.m., what is the earliest she can close up shop?
- Nicholas has a busy day planned today. He will meet his
friend, Alex, at the arcade. That is a 15-minute walk from
home. They will stay at the arcade for an hour. Then they
will take a 10-minute walk over to the park. The first thing
they will do there is to grab a hot dog from Dave's Dogs
hot dog truck. If Nicholas left home at 10:00 a.m., what
time did he and Alex get in line for a hot dog?
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