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1. How often do the hour hand and minute hand of a clock coincide? (Ans: 6511 min)
2. If the minute hand of a clock has moved 300°, how many degrees has the hour hand moved? (Ans:
25°)
3. The hour hand of a clock has moved 12°. How many degree has the minute hand moved?
(Ans: 144°)
4. A clock when seen through a mirror shows 4:40. What is the correct time? (Ans: 7:20)
5. At noon, the minute hand was pointing to the West. To which direction will the hour hand point
at 7:30 pm. (Ans: South-East)
6. At noon, the minute hand is point East. At 4:30pm, in which direction will the hour hand point?
(Ans: South-West)
7. A clock takes 10 seconds to strike 5. How much time will it take to strike 10? (Ans: 22.5 s)
8. Two clocks start striking together at noon. The first clock strikes every 3 seconds and the second
clock strikes every 2.5 seconds. Find the interval between the seventh strike of the first clock and
the fifth strike of the second clock. (Ans: 8 s)
9. At what time, in minutes, between 3 and 4 o’clock do the hands of the clock point in opposite
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directions? (Ans: 4911 min)
10. Find the times between 3 and 4 o’clock, correct to the nearest minute, when the hands of the
clock at 60°. (Ans: 3:05, 3:27)
11. The hour hand and minute hand are 28 minute spaces apart. If the time is between 1 and 2 o’clock,
find the exact time. (Ans: 1:36)
12. The difference between hour hand and minute hand of a clock is 12 min spaces. The time is
between 2 pm and 3 pm. Find the exact time. (Ans: 2:24 pm)
13. A clock loses 2 seconds every minute. If the clock was set to the correct time at 10 in the morning,
find the time shown by the clock when the correct time is 5:00 pm. (Ans: 4:46 pm)
14. A clock is set right at noon. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hrs. What will be the true time when
the clock shows 5 a.m. on the fifth day? (Ans: 6 a.m.)