Time

  • Street Lamps
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    Street lamps

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Walking up a steep hill, I pass 10 equally spaced street lamps. How long do I take to walk from the first lamp to the last?
  • Clocking off
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    Clocking off

    Age
    7 to 16
    Challenge level
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    I found these clocks in the Arts Centre at the University of Warwick intriguing - do they really need four clocks and what times would be ambiguous with only two or three of them?
  • Minutes In between
    problem

    Minutes in between

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many minutes are there between 11:41 and 14:02?
  • Half Past Two
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    Half past two

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 21 - 2009
    What is the angle between the two hands of a clock at 2.30?
  • Race Time
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    Race time

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Frank and Gabriel competed in a 200m race. Interpret the different units used for their times to work out who won.
  • Crossing the Atlantic
    problem

    Crossing the atlantic

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Every day at noon a boat leaves Le Havre for New York while another boat leaves New York for Le Havre. The ocean crossing takes seven days. How many boats will each boat cross during their journey?
  • Friday 13th
    problem

    Friday 13th

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you explain why every year must contain at least one Friday the thirteenth?
  • Hand Swap
    problem

    Hand swap

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    My train left London between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. and arrived in Paris between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. At the start and end of the journey the hands on my watch were in exactly the same positions but the minute hand and hour hand had swopped places. What time did the train leave London and how long did the journey take?
  • Millennium Leap
    problem

    Millennium leap

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How many leap years will there be between 2001 and 3001?
  • Out of Sync
    problem

    Out of sync

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Albert Einstein could see two clocks which were out of sync. For what fraction of the day did they show the same time?