Question

What is the elapsed time between 10:50 am and 3:45 pm?

4 hours and 5 minutes

4 hours and 55 minutes

3 hours and 55 minutes

4 hours

Answer 1

Just count it up

Answer 2

@k_lynn

Answer 3

Time restarts to 1 o'clock after 12 o'clock noon, so if you count up... 11,12,1,2,3. That's the hours. But the 50 in the 10 is greater than the 45 in the 3. So you need to deduct an hour. So now we have 4 hours. Now we need to subtract 50-45, which is 5. So I think the answer should be 4 hours and 5 minutes. does that make sense?

Answer 4

That wrong?

Answer 5

I think that's right because if you count up from 10 to three, you get 5 hours. but you can't subtract 45 minutes from 50 minutes, because you'll get a negative. So you need to subtract 50-45 and then take an hour away. So that's why I think it should be 4 hours and 5 minutes. Does that make sense?

Answer 6

Well it wrong....

Answer 7

hmm, what was the right answer?

Answer 8

I get 2 more trys

Answer 9

You could try taking the options and adding them to 10:50. For example:

then seeing if you get 3:45.