Question

Polly and Simon hung out at the mall on Saturday. They spent 1 hour and 3 minutes shopping for clothes and 1 hour and 10 minutes at the food court. Then they spent 39 minutes at the video arcade before heading home. It was 1:14 P.M. When Polly and Simon left the mall. What time did they start shopping for clothes?

Answer 1

10:22A.M

Explanation:

Step 1

We would add the number of hours which they spent they spent at the mall.

They spent 1 hour and 3 minutes shopping for clothes

1 hour and 10 minutes at the food court. Then they spent 39 minutes at the video arcade before heading home.

1 hour 3 minutes + 1 hour 10 minutes + 39 minutes

= 2 hours 52 minutes

Step 2

It was 1:14 P.M. When Polly and Simon left the mall. What time did they start shopping for clothes?

Hence:

1:14 P.M - 2 hours 52 minutes

= 10:22A.M

They started shopping for clothes at 10:22 A.M