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Q1: The aquarium is the favourite place of all the kids in town!
The aquarium opens at 10 o’clock in the morning and closes at 8:30 in the evening. How many hours is it open?

Q2: The aquarium is the favourite place of all the kids in town!
Kids can pat starfish at the starfish exhibit everyday at 11 o’clock in the morning. The patting session will last for one and a half hours. When is the patting session done?

Q3: The aquarium is the favourite place of all the kids in town!
The ticketing office stops selling tickets half an hour before the closing time of the aquarium. At what time does the ticketing office close?

Q4: Last weekend was a long weekend for Josh and there was no school for three days!
On Friday, Josh woke up at 11 o’clock in the morning, which is 3 and a half hours later than usual. When does he usually gets up in the morning?

Q5: Last weekend was a long weekend for Josh and there was no school for three days!
On Saturday, Josh used one and a half hours to clean his room starting from 9:30 in the morning. When was he done cleaning up his room?

Q6: Last weekend was a long weekend for Josh and there was no school for three days!
On Sunday, Josh suddenly remembered the school project that would be due the next day. He started working on it at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. He was not done until 10 o’clock in the evening. How much time did he spend working on the school project? He spent 7 hours working on the school project.

Q7: Bridget was making a big feast yesterday for Thanksgiving!
The turkey needed to be defrosted for 10 hours. If she planned to start cooking the turkey at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, when did she start to defrost the turkey?

Q8: Bridget was making a big feast yesterday for Thanksgiving!
Her guests were at her house at 3:30 in the afternoon and stayed for 6 hours. When did the guests leave?

Q9: Bridget was making a big feast yesterday for Thanksgiving!
There are two loads of dishes. The first one took an hour to clean, and the second load took one and a half hours to clean. Bridget started the first load at half past nine. At what time did she finish both loads of dishes?

Q10: The delivery truck driver, Charlie, is on his way to deliver watermelons to a supplier’s clients.
The farm workers took 1 hour and a half to load all the watermelons onto the truck. If they started at 5:30 in the morning, when did they finish doing the work?

Q11: The delivery truck driver, Charlie, is on his way to deliver watermelons to a supplier’s clients.
The delivery truck driver started delivering the watermelons at 7:30 in the morning, and he had his lunch at 12:00 in the afternoon. How many hours did he spend delivering watermelons before lunch?

Q12: The delivery truck driver, Charlie, is on his way to deliver watermelons to a supplier’s clients.
Charlie delivered 2 boxes of watermelons to a restaurant 30 minutes before half past five. At what time did he deliver the watermelons to the restaurant?

Q13: Jenny is going to take the entrance exam to enter college. She is very confident that she will pass the exam.
Jenny usually spends 3 and a half hours to review her previous lessons for her college entrance exam. If she started reviewing at 1:30 in the afternoon, when would she finish reviewing?

Q14: Jenny is going to take the entrance exam to enter college. She is very confident that she will pass the exam.
The exam is 5 hours long. If there was also a one-hour break, when was the exam scheduled to end?

Q15: Jenny is going to take the entrance exam to enter college. She is very confident that she will pass the exam.
Jenny finished her exam half an hour earlier than the end-time scheduled for the exam. When did Jenny finish the exam?

Q16: Doing household chores is a shared responsibility. Janna and her family did a great job cleaning their house yesterday.
Before cleaning, Janna’s mother cooked breakfast for one hour. If she was finished cooking at half past eight in the morning, what time did she start cooking?

Q17: Doing household chores is a shared responsibility. Janna and her family did a great job cleaning their house yesterday.
Janna’s big sister took a long time washing their clothes because the washing machine was not working properly. She spent three and a half hours to do it, starting at 2:00 in the afternoon. When was she finished washing the clothes?

Q18: Doing household chores is a shared responsibility. Janna and her family did a great job cleaning their house yesterday.
After a long time doing the household chores, they took a rest and watched a TV program at 7 o’clock in the evening, a half hour after the program had started. The TV program ended at 8:30 in the evening. How long was the TV program?

Q19: The aquarium is the favourite place of all the kids in town!
The dolphins do performances every four hours. They did one show at 11:00. At what time is the next dolphin show?

Q20: The aquarium is the favourite place of all the kids in town!
A special tour was scheduled to start at 5 o’clock in the afternoon but started a half an hour late. If the tour ended at half past seven in the evening, how long did the tour last?