Christos is travelling by plane from Sydney to Athens to visit his family.

Question

a) He leaves Sydney at 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday and he arrives in Athens at 8:45 am

Wednesday Sydney Time. How long was the journey in hours and minutes?

b) What is the local time in Athens when Christos arrives there if Sydney is UTC+10

and Athens is UTC+2?

Akira, in Tokyo, Japan wants to chat online to his cousin, Emiko, who is in

Vancouver, Canada for her birthday.

a)If Canadian Pacific Standard time is 8 hours behind UTC and Tokyo is 9 hours

ahead of UTC, what time should Akira log on to chat to Emiko at 6 a.m. Friday in

Vancouver?

Answer 1

a) Time in Sydney 8 hours ahead of time in Athens.

Time of Departure (Sydney Time): 1:10 pm (13:10)

Time of Arrival (Athens Time): 8:45 am (8:45)

Converting Athens Time in Sydney Time:

8:45 + 8 = 16:45

Calculating the duration of the flight:

16:45 - 13:10 = 3:35

Answer: 3 hours, 35 minutes

b) Tokyo Time is 17 hours ahead of Vancouver Time

Converting Vancouver Time in Tokyo Time:

6:00 am (Friday) - 17 hours ⇒ 1:00 pm (Thursday)

Answer: Akira must call Emiko at 1:00 pm of Tokyo Time on previous Thursday.