Time, Currency & Conversions (CIE IGCSE Maths: Core)

These are the opening times of a café.

Work out the total number of hours the café is open in one week.

........................................ hours

Levante changes 24650 Hungarian forints to dollars.
The exchange rate is $1 = 290 forints.

Calculate how many dollars Levante receives.

$ ...................................................

This table shows the opening hours of the café.

.......................... hours [2]

.................................% [2]

Change 600 euros into dinars when the exchange rate is 1 euro = 0.429 dinars.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dinar.

......................... dinars 

Change 568 000cm into metres.

.................................m

Change 4.37 litres into cubic centimetres.

..........................cm³

Sean is the manager of a museum.

He buys a Chinese pot costing 1200 yuan.
The exchange rate is $1 = 6.4 yuan.

Work out the cost of this pot in dollars.

$ .................................................

A train from Woodton to Northley takes 6 hours 25 minutes.
The train leaves Woodton at 19 46.

Work out the time the train arrives at Northley.

Work out the time 7 hours and 36 minutes before 1326.

The table shows part of a bus timetable.

Rashid changes 30 000 rupees to dollars when the exchange rate is $1 = 68.14 rupees.

How many dollars does he receive?

$ ................................................... 

Musa has a glass that holds 250ml of water.
He drinks 5 of these glasses of water.
He fills his glass from a 2-litre bottle of water.

Work out how much water is left in the bottle.
Give your answer in millilitres.

............................................... ml 

Peter works these hours each week at a café.

Work out the number of hours he works in one week.

...................................... hours 

A machine always takes 5 minutes to paint an 80 metre white line on a road.

Work out the number of metres painted in 45 minutes.

........................................... m

Work out the number of minutes taken to paint a 2.8 km line.

........................................ min 

A tourist changes $500 to euros (€) when the exchange rate is €1 = $1.0697.

Calculate how many euros he receives.

€ ..................................

A cinema is open from 1330 to 2315 every day.

Work out how long the cinema is open in one week.
Give your answer in hours and minutes.

...................... h ................min 

[1]

Change 6.54 kilometres into metres.

...............................m 

Change  into litres.

............................. litres 

Georgiana travels on two trains.
The first train goes from Redtown to Southford.
The second train goes from Southford to Teignley.
She has written down some information about the times of her trains.

[1]

.............. h .............. min [1]

These are the opening times for a museum.

During opening hours the museum has 4 security guards working.
Each guard works a maximum of 30 hours each week.

Work out the smallest number of guards needed each week.

Diego flies from Madrid to Buenos Aires.
His flight leaves at 20 55 and arrives at 03 50 local time.
The local time in Buenos Aires is 5 hours behind the local time in Madrid.

Work out, in hours and minutes, the time the flight takes.

................... h ................... min 

Diego changes 200 euros into Argentine Peso.
The exchange rate is 1 euro = 24.8 pesos.

Work out how many pesos he receives.

....................................... pesos 

A chef buys some cheese from France.
200g of cheese costs 3.45 euros.
The exchange rate is $1 = 0.84 euros.

Work out the maximum mass of cheese the chef can buy with $150.
Give your answer in kilograms, correct to 1 decimal place.

............................................ kg 

The month of July has 31 days.

Calculate the number of seconds in the month of July.

.................................... seconds

A ticket to a football match costs $20.

Calculate the cost of the ticket in rupees when the exchange rate is 1 rupee = $0.016 .

...................................... rupees 

Find the number of minutes from 1758 to 7.13 pm.

........................................ min

Complete these statements.

6 m is the same length as ..............................mm.

7000 cm² is the same area as ..............................m².

Complete the statements.

3.5kg = ..................................... g

1.4m² = ..................................... cm²

A shop is open for 6 days each week.
On each day, the shop is open from 0930 until 1300 and from 14 15 until 2030.

Work out the total number of hours the shop is open in one week.

.......................................... hours 

A plane leaves Karachi at 1530 to fly to Bangkok.
The distance is 3840 km.

The plane flies at an average speed of 720 km/h.
The local time in Bangkok is 2 hours ahead of the local time in Karachi.

Find the local time in Bangkok when the plane arrives.

In Bangkok a watch costs 2610baht.
The exchange rate is $1 = 34.8 baht.

Find the cost of the watch in dollars.

$.................................................... 

Jamie buys a clock for the café from Japan for 9395 yen.
The exchange rate is $1 = 110.27 yen.

Work out the cost of the clock in dollars, correct to the nearest cent.

$ ..............................................

Zach changes $575 into euros.
He spends 45% of the euros in France.
He changes the euros he does not use into pounds (£) to spend in England.

Work out how many pounds he receives.

£ ................................................... 

Change 4.1m³ into cm³.

...............................cm³ 

Xavier goes on holiday to Europe and changes his $600 into euros (€).
He spends €325 whilst he is on holiday.
When he gets home he changes the euros he has left back into dollars.

The exchange rate is $1 = €0.864 .

Work out how many dollars he has left after his holiday.
Give your answer correct to the nearest cent.

$ ............................... 

On the internet, Pranay sees a grey jacket for 165 euros (€) and a blue jacket for $180.
These are the exchange rates.

Work out which jacket is the cheapest and by how many rupees.

The .................. jacket is cheapest by .................. rupees

Seven students want to join the school diving club.
Some information about these students is recorded in the table below.

To join the diving club you must be

• at least 12 years old in March 2018

and

• at least 150 centimetres tall

and

• able to swim at least 0.5 kilometres.

Write down the names of the students who can join the club.