Elapsed time (nearest half hour)

Grade 2 Word Problems Worksheet

Read and answer each question.

Last weekend was a long weekend for Josh and there was no school for three days!

1. 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?

2. On Friday, Josh spent 4 hours playing video games; he stopped when his dad
got back from work at 6 o’clock in the evening. When did he start to play?

3. 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?

4. On Saturday, Josh met his friend to go to a movie. The movie started at 4:30 in
the afternoon and ended at seven o’clock in the evening. How long was the
movie?

5. 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?

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Answers

1. He usually gets up at seven thirty in the morning.

2. He started to play at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

3. He was done cleaning up his room at 11 o’clock.

4. The movie was two and a half hours long.

5. He spent 7 hours working on the school project.

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