Question

if jim’s work shift starts at 8:45 a.m. and jim arrives to work at 9:13 a.m., how many minutes late was jim?

Answer 1

28 minutes late.    15 minutes until 9 from the start of his shift. 13 minutes after 9 add those two numbers = 28 minutes

Answer 2

28 minutes

Explanation:

If one hour has 60 minutes and Jim's work shift starts at 8:45 a.m. 45 minutes have passed since 8:00 a.m.

[tex] 60-45 = 15 [/ tex] which means that there are 15 minutes left until the next hour begins, 9:00 a.m.

Jim arrives at his work at 9:13 a.m. 13 minutes after nine o 'clock.

Now we add the minutes

[tex] 15 + 13 = 28 [/ tex], then Jim arrives 28 minutes lates.