Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________________________________
Telling Time/ Elapsed Time Pretest
Choose the one best answer for each question.
1. Gabby wakes up 30 minutes before school starts. If school starts at 7:15, what time did Gabby
wake up?
o 6:45
o 6:00
o 6:35
o 6:30
2. Alana leaves her house at 1:55. It takes her 20 minutes to walk to her friend’s house. What time
does she arrive?
o 3:00
o 2:30
o 2:15
o 2:10
3. Math starts at 11:15 and ends at 12:10. How long does Math last?
o 60 minutes (or one hour)
o 55 minutes
o 90 minutes
o 50 minutes
4. It is 7:15. Macyn’s school starts at 7:50. How much time does Macyn have before school starts?
o 20 minutes
o 15 minutes
o 40 minutes
o 35 minutes
5. Caden’s friend is coming over in 35 minutes. If it is 3:40 now, what time is his friend coming
over?
o 4:00
o 4:30
o 4:15
o 4:25
6. How many seconds are in a minute?
o 60
o 50
o 40
o 20
7. What does the long hand represent?
o minutes
o seconds
o hours
o milliseconds
8. What does the short hand represent?
o minutes
o seconds
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Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________________________________
o hours
o milliseconds
9. The expression “a quarter til’” means…
o fifteen minutes until the next hour
o fifteen minutes before the next hour
o twenty-five minutes before the next hour
o twenty-five minutes after the next hour
10. The expression “half past” means…
o thirty minutes beyond
o thirty minutes before
o twenty minutes beyond
o ten minutes beyond
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