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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:A watch was set right at 7 am. It gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated 4:15, the true time was
Explanation
Watch was set right at 7 am.
Time from 7 am to 4.15 pm = 9 hours 15 minutes = 37/7 hours
3 minutes 5 seconds of this clock = 3 minutes of the correct clock
Thus, 37/720 hours of this clock = 1/20 hours of the correct clock
Therefore, 37/4 hours of this clock = hours of the correct clock
= 9 hours of the correct clock
Therefore, 9 hours 15 minutes of this clock = 9 hours of the correct clock
Hence, the correct time is 9 hours after 7 am i.e. 4 pm.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:A clock is so placed that at 12 noon, its minute hand points towards Northeast. In which of the following directions does its hour hand point at 1.30 pm?
Explanation
Clearly, Hour hand will point in East direction at 1.30 pm.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:What time will it be 18 hours from now in India, if in USA, it is 4 hours 15 minutes ?
(Given that India is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of USA)
Explanation
We know that the time difference between India and USA is 9 hours 30 minutes.
India is 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of USA.
Time in India = 4 hours 15 minutes + 9 hours 30 minutes = 13 hours 45 minutes
Required time after 18 hrs = 13 hours 45 minutes + 18 hrs = 7 hours 45 minutes
Hence, it is 7 hours 45 minutes the next morning.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 20 minutes past 6 a.m.?
Explanation
Apply direct formula to calculate the angle:
30
∴ Required angle = 30 (Take +ve because the hour hand is ahead of the minute hand.)
= 60 + 10 = 70°
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 15 minutes past 5?
Explanation
Apply direct formula: 30
Thus, required angle = 30 (Take +ve sign because the hour hand is ahead of the minute hand.)
Thus, required time = 60 + 7.5 = 67.5°
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:Which of the following years has the same calendar as 1700?
Explanation
Total number of odd days from 1700 to 1705 is remainder (7/7) i.e. 0.
So, after the year 1705, the year i.e 1706 has the same calendar as 1700.
Therefore, option c is the correct answer.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:At what time between 5 and 6 are the hands of a clock coincident?
Explanation
Hands of the clock will be coincident after, minutes past x, where x is the any whole number from 1 to 12.
∴ Between 5 and 6, the hands will be coincident after, 5 × 5 × minutes past 5
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:Rocky went out between 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock. At 8:30 p.m., he realised that the minute hand of the clock was as much behind the hour hand as the hour hand was behind the minute hand when he had gone out. At what time after he went out did Rocky look at his watch?
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:If the hands of a clock coincide every 66 minutes (true time), how much does the clock gain or lose every hour?
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:At what time between 4:15 a.m. and 5:05 a.m. will the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock be the same as the angle between the hands at 8:45 p.m?
Explanation
At 4 o'clock, the angle between the hands is 120 degrees.
At 8:45 p.m, the angle is
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:If the hour-hand and the minute-hand of a clock coincide every 64 minutes, how much does the clock gain or lose everyday?
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:At what time will the hands of a clock be together between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock?
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:A defective watch which gains uniformly, is 5 minutes slow at 8 o'clock in the morning on Sunday and it is 5 minutes 48 seconds fast at 8 pm on following Sunday. When was it correct?
Explanation
Sunday 8 am to next Sunday 8 pm time duration 24 × 7 + 12 = 180 hrs.
In 180 hrs total gain = 10 min 48 s = 648 s
Gain of 5 min = 300 s will be obtained in
Hence, Sunday 8 am + 83 h 20 min = Wednesday 7 : 20 p.m.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:How many times are the hands of a clock at right angles in a day?
Explanation
Hands will be at right angle twice every hour except from 2 to 4 and 8 to 10 where hands will be at right angle only thrice instead of four times.
Thus, hands will be at right angle 22 times in 12 hours or 44 times in 24 hrs.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Clocks & Calendars - 2
Try yourself:At what time between 4 and 5 will the hands of a watch point in the opposite directions?
Explanation
Hands are pointing in opposite directions. It means hands are 180° apart or they are 30 minutes apart.
Required time = (5x + 30) × 12/11 minutes past x
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