TIME / CLOCK

PROBLEMS
Ernest Pereira, 2 BRB
PROBLEMS
 What time after 11 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together?

 What time between 7 and 8 o’clock will the hands of the clock be
exactly opposite from each other?
what time after 11 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together?

PROBLEM # 1
SOLUTION # 1

REPRESENT THE DATA

 The number of minute spaces
x moved by the minute hand

The number of minute spaces

x
moved by the hour hand
12
SOLUTION # 2

CREATE AN EQUATION
x = x/12 + 55
SOLUTION # 3

SOLVE THE EQUATION

12
x = x/12 + 55

multiply each side by 12.

12x = x + 660
-x +12x = 660
transpose x to the other side of the equation.
 1 1
11
11x = 660 11

multiply both sides by 1/11 .

x = 660
11
simplify.
x = 60
11:60 = 12:00
CONCLUSION
12:00
Is the time after 11 o’clock wherein
the hands of the clock are together.
what time between 7 and 8 o’clock will the hands of the clock be
exactly opposite from each other?

PROBLEM # 2
SOLUTION # 1

REPRESENT THE DATA

 The number of minute spaces
x moved by the minute hand

The number of minute spaces

x
moved by the hour hand
12
SOLUTION # 2

CREATE THE EQUATION

x = x/12 + 35 -30
SOLUTION # 2

SOLVE THE EQUATION

x = x/12 + 35 -30

first, subtract 30 from 35.

12
x = x/12 + 5 12

then multiply both sides by 12.

12x = x + 60
-x +12x = 60
transpose x to the other side of the
equation.
 11x = 60
1 1
11 11

multiply both sides by 1/11.

x = 60
11
simplify. (divide 60 by 11)
 x = 5.45
round to the nearest
hundredths.
CONCLUSION
7:5.45
Is the time between 7 and 8 o’clock
when the hands of the clock shall
be exactly opposite from each
other.