Question

Madhu goes to school at 8:20 a.m. and returned at 3:30 p.m. how long is she away from home??

Answer 1

Given,

Going time = 8:20 am

Returning time = 3:30 pm

To find,

The total time that she was away from home.

Solution,

We can easily solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process.

We can break the time for easy calculations.

The difference between 8:20 am and 3:20 pm is exactly 7 hours.

Now, the difference between 3:20 pm and 3:30 pm is 10 minutes.

Total time difference = 7 hours 10 minutes

Hence, total time she was away is 7 hours 10 minutes.