This document contains two papers with questions about calculating durations of time between dates and times. Paper 1 contains 20 questions asking the reader to calculate durations in months, years, days, and hours between given dates and times. Paper 2 contains 10 similar questions asking the reader to calculate durations between dates and times. The questions assess skills in adding and subtracting times and converting between units of time.

1. PAPER 1
This question paper has 20 questions. Answer all the questions.
1. Find the duration between February and October.
A 7 months C 9 months
B 8 months D 10 months
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2. 7
of 4 years 8 months =
A 7 months C 12 months
B 8 months D 16 months
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3. 3
of 12 weeks = days
What number should be written in the empty box?
A 8 C 56
B 16 D 96
4. Determine the period of time from 0950 hours, 6 April 2008, till 2350 hours, 9 April 2008.
A 4 days 14 hours
B 3 days 14 hours
C 3 days 10 hours
D 3 days
5. Calculate the period of time from 7:25 p.m., 12 June 2008, till 9:05 p.m., 16 June 2008.
A 96 hours 40 minutes
B 97 hours 40 minutes
C 98 hours 40 minutes
D 99 hours 40 minutes
6. Diagram 1 shows two calendars.
March
March July
July
2005
2005 2007
2007
DIAGRAM 1
Find the duration between the two dates.
A 1 year 4 months
B 1 year 5 months
C 2 years 4 months
D 2 years 5 months
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2. 7. Diagram 2 shows a timeline.
December May
2006 2008
DIAGRAM 2
What is the duration between the two dates?
A 1 year 7 months
B 1 year 6 months
C 1 year 5 months
D 1 year 4 months
8. Diagram 3 shows two calendars.
August
August September
September
24
24 3
3
2006
2006 2007
2007
DIAGRAM 3
What is the duration between the two dates shown by the calendars?
A 1 year 13 days
B 1 year 12 days
C 1 year 11 days
D 1 year 10 days
9. Table 1 shows Ariffin’s tuition schedule.
Subjects Time
Mathematics 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
English 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Bahasa Melayu 4:20 p.m. – 6:20 p.m.
TABLE 1
What is the percentage of time taken for Bahasa Melayu compared with the total tuition time
taken for all the three subjects?
A 40 C 10
B 20 D 2
10. Nurin went to Hong Kong in November and came back to Malaysia 7 months later. When did Nurin
come back to Malaysia?
A April
B May
C June
D July
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3. 11. Diagram 4 shows the time a ship leaves port X and the time it arrives at port Y.
Departure time Arrival time
1
8
12
9
7
2
11
10
3
6
10
11 12
4
5 5
4 9
1
3 8 6
2
7
Monday morning Tuesday evening
DIAGRAM 4
What is the period of time taken for the ship’s journey?
A 15 hours 40 minutes
B 27 hours 40 minutes
C 28 hours 35 minutes
D 29 hours 35 minutes
12. Diagram 5 shows the time taken by an express bus to travel from town P to town S through town Q
and town R.
2
1 hours
3
1
3 hours
2
Q R
P
2 hours 25 minutes S
DIAGRAM 5
What is the total time taken by the express bus to travel from town P to town S?
A 4 hours 5 minutes
B 5 hours 10 minutes
C 6 hours 25 minutes
D 7 hours 35 minutes
13. The time taken by a lorry to travel from Pasir Mas to Pasir Gudang is 20 hours 30 minutes. If the lorry
departs at 1350 hours on Tuesday, when will the lorry arrive at Pasir Gudang?
A 10:20 a.m. Wednesday
B 11:20 a.m. Wednesday
C 10:20 p.m. Wednesday
D 11:20 p.m. Wednesday
14. Encik Wazil has been working in company X for 4 years 4 months before he quit in October 2007.
When did he start working in company X?
A July 2003
B August 2003
C July 2004
D August 2004
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4. 15. Kim Beng’s age is 28 years 4 months. Bakri was born 21 years 8 months after Kim Beng.
How old is Bakri now?
A 6 years 6 months
B 6 years 8 months
C 6 years 10 months
D 50 years
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16. Kim Han spent 4 years to complete his studies in university. He used 8
of the time to write his
report, and the rest, he spent doing research. How many months did he use up to carry out his
research?
A 15 months
B 18 months
C 25 months
D 30 months
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17. Mr Robert came to Malaysia in December 2004. Since then, 4
of his time in Malaysia was spent in
Kuala Lumpur and the rest of the time he lived in Kuantan. He went back to Australia in March 2007.
How long did he stay in Kuantan?
A 4 months
B 7 months
C 16 months
D 21 months
18. Johan was born on the 27 February 1948. When was Johan’s 55th birthday?
A 27 February 2002
B 28 February 2002
C 27 February 2003
D 28 February 2003
19. Table 2 shows the birth date of 4 pupils.
Pupil Birth date
Marisa 23 October 1995
Shin Na 4 days after Marisa’s birth date
Afifah 1 November 1995
Puspa 12 days before Afifah‘s birth date
TABLE 2
Who is the oldest?
A Marisa
B Shin Na
C Afifah
D Puspa
20. A construction project began on 24 October 2006. It was completed on 3 March 2008. How long did
it take to complete the project?
A 1 year 4 months 11 days
B 1 year 5 months 11 days
C 2 years 4 months 9 days
D 2 years 4 months 10 days
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5. PAPER 2
This question paper has 10 questions. Answer all the questions.
1. How many months are there from June to December?
Answer:
2. 12 hours – 5 hours 5 minutes =
Answer:
3. Calculate the period of time from 2125 hours till 0340 hours of the following day.
Answer:
4. Find the duration between April 2002 to March 2007.
Answer:
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5. 4
3 of 5 years =
Give your answer in years and months.
Answer:
6. Encik Faizal started doing his painting in September 2006. He completed the painting 7 months later.
In which month did he complete his painting?
Answer:
7. Afikah was born on 17 February 2005. How old will she be on 1 April 2008?
Answer:
8. Asiah leaves her house at 7:45 a.m. and arrives at her office 50 minutes later. On the clock
below, draw the position of the hour hand and the minute hand for the time Asiah reaches her
office.
5
4 6
3 7
2 8
1 9
12 10
11
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6. 9. Calculate the period of time, in month and days, from 13 March 2004 until 4 May 2004.
Answer:
10. Diagram 1 shows the period of time taken by Syakila to travel from W to Z by three types of vehicles.
Bus Taxi Motorcycle
W X Y Z
2 3 2
1 hours hours hours
3 4 5
DIAGRAM 1
Calculate the total period of time for the journey, in hours and minutes.
Answer:
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