Quick Quiz: Elapsed Time Questions for Grade 3

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ⏱️ Elapsed time is the amount of time that passes between a start time and an end time.
• ➕ To calculate elapsed time, you can add or subtract hours and minutes.
• 🔢 Remember that there are 60 minutes in an hour. If you're adding minutes and go over 60, you need to 'carry over' an hour.
• 🗓️ Sometimes you need to count the days, weeks or even months!
• 💡 A timeline can be a helpful tool for visualizing elapsed time.

📝 Practice Quiz

1. A movie starts at 2:30 PM and ends at 4:00 PM. How long is the movie?

   1. 1 hour
   2. 1 hour and 30 minutes
   3. 2 hours
   4. 2 hours and 30 minutes

2. Sarah starts her homework at 6:15 PM and finishes at 7:00 PM. How long did she spend on her homework?

   1. 30 minutes
   2. 45 minutes
   3. 1 hour
   4. 1 hour and 15 minutes

3. A train leaves the station at 10:00 AM and arrives at its destination at 1:30 PM. How long was the train ride?

   1. 2 hours
   2. 2 hours and 30 minutes
   3. 3 hours
   4. 3 hours and 30 minutes

4. John starts playing video games at 3:45 PM and plays for 1 hour and 15 minutes. What time does he stop playing?

   1. 4:00 PM
   2. 4:30 PM
   3. 5:00 PM
   4. 5:30 PM

5. Emily begins baking cookies at 11:20 AM. It takes 25 minutes to prepare the dough and 12 minutes to bake them. At what time are the cookies ready?

   1. 11:45 AM
   2. 11:57 AM
   3. 12:00 PM
   4. 12:07 PM

6. A bus ride begins at 7:50 AM and lasts for 40 minutes. What time does the bus arrive at its destination?

   1. 8:10 AM
   2. 8:20 AM
   3. 8:30 AM
   4. 8:40 AM

7. A school trip starts at 9:15 AM and ends at 2:45 PM. How long was the school trip?

   1. 4 hours
   2. 4 hours and 30 minutes
   3. 5 hours
   4. 5 hours and 30 minutes