Clocks

Concept
Minute Spaces:

The face or dial of watch is a circle whose circumference is divided into 60 equal parts,

called minute spaces.

Hour Hand and Minute Hand:

A clock has two hands, the smaller one is called the hour hand or short hand while

the larger one is called minute hand or long hand.

 Concept
1. In 60 minutes, the minute hand gains 55 minutes on the hour on the hour hand.
2. In every hour, both the hands coincide once.
3. The hands are in the same straight line when they are coincident or opposite to each
other.
4. When the two hands are at right angles, they are 15 minute spaces apart.
5. When the hands are in opposite directions, they are 30 minute spaces apart.
6. Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360°
7. Angle traced by minute hand in 60 min. = 360°.
8. If a watch or a clock indicates 8.15, when the correct time is 8, it is said to be 15
minutes too fast.
 Concept
 A clock is a complete circle having 360 degrees. It is divided into 12 equal parts i.e. each part is
360/12 = 30°.
 As the minute hand(M.H) takes a complete round in one hour, it covers 360° in 60 minutes.

In 1 minute it covers 360/60 = 6°/ minute.

 Also, as the hour hand(H.H) covers just one part out of the given 12 parts in one hour. This implies it
covers 30° in 60 minutes i.e. ½° per minute.

 This implies that the relative speed of the M.H is 6 - ½ = 5 ½ degrees

 Concept

MIRROR IMAGE
 Question

Find the mirror image when the exact time shown in a clock was 7:44 ?

A. 3:16

B. 4:16

C. 5:16

D. 5:44 Answer: B
 Question
An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how many
degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 o'clock in the
afternoon?

A. 144°

B. 150°

C. 168°
Answer: D

D. 180°
 Question
A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned
through:

A. 145°

B. 150°

C. 155°

Answer: C
D. 160°
 Question
In one and half hours, the minute hand of a clock rotates through an angle
of

A. 720°

B. 540°

C. 600°

D. 420°
Answer: B
 Concept
•The hands clocks will be perpendicular in 15-minute spaces apart.
•The hands of the clock are in a straight line and opposite to each other in
30-minutes spaces apart.
The M.H gains 55-minutes over H.H per hour

If Ɵ is the angle between the M.H and the H.H, then

Ɵ = | 11/2(M) ~ 30(H) |
 Question
What is the angle between hands of the clock at 8:40?

A. 0 degree

B. 10 degree

C. 25 degree

D. 20 degree
Answer: D
 Question
What is the angle between hands of the clock at 8:40?

Substitute the minute and hour values in the expression

Ɵ = | 11/2(M) - 30(H) |
Ɵ = | 11/2(40) - 30(8) |
Ɵ = | 240 -220 |
Ɵ = 20
 Question
When the time is 5:40, then what is the angle b/w the hour hand & the
minute hand of a clock?

A. 70°

B. 60°

C. 74°

D. 80° Answer: A
 Question
When the hands of a clock show 4 o’clock, the angle between them is

A. 100°

B. 120°

C. 130°

D. 150°
Answer: B
 Question
At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 30 minutes past 8?

A. 95°

B. 75°

C. 92°

D. 97.5°

Answer: B
 Question
Find at what time between 7 o’clock and 8 o’clock will the hands of a clock be in the
same straight line but not overlap each other.

A. 10(9/11) min past 8

B. 5(5/11) min past 7

C. 10(8/11) min past 8

D. 10(7/11) min past 8

Answer: D
 Question
At what time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the hands of a clock be together?

A. 10(10/11)min. past 2

B. 10 min. past 2

C. 20(10/11)min. past 2

D. 12 min. past 2

Answer: D
 Question
At what time after 9 am, do hands of clock make a right angle?

A. At 32(8/11) minutes past 9 am

B. At 9am

C. At 3pm

D. At 29(8/11) minutes before 10 am

Answer: A
 Question

Find the sum of the first 30 multiples of 4.

 Concept
Geometric Progression(GP)

Geometric Progression (GP) is a type of sequence where each succeeding term is produced by
multiplying each preceding term by a fixed number, which is called a common ratio. This progression is
also known as a geometric sequence of numbers that follow a pattern

Eg: 2,4,8,16,32……

Notation : a, ar, ar2, ar3, ar4,…, arn-1

To find the nth term of a Geometric Sequence, an = arn-1

Sum of the First n Terms of a Geometric Progression
Sn = a(1 – rn)/(1 – r), if r < 1

Sn = a(rn -1)/(r – 1), if r > 1

 Question
 Sum of Infinite Geometric Progression

S = a/(1-r)

Suppose the first term of a GP is 4 and the common ratio is 5, then the
first five terms of GP are?

Hint = a, ar^2, ar^3,…..ar^n-1.

 Question
Find the sum of GP: 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16.
 Question
If 3, 9, 27,…., is the GP, then find its 9th term.
 Question
The 6th term from the end of the sequence 4, 8, 16, 32,.....,16384 is .

A
A) 1024
B
B) 512
C
C) 256
D
D) 64
 Question
Find the sum of the infinite geometric sequence 1, 1/4, 1/16, 1/64,
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