Year 8 - Time and time zones - Free practice

Year 8 Time & Time Zones Worksheets

12- and 24-hour time, duration, world time zones.

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10 questions — 4 Foundation, 4 Standard, 2 Extension — with full worked solutions, calibrated to the Victorian Curriculum.

About this worksheet

Why we built it

The Year 8 "time" topic is deceptively tricky - especially when crossing time zones and daylight savings. These worksheets give your student varied problems on durations, 24-hour conversions and global time-zone calculations.

What's covered

Sub-skills your student will practise

  • Converting between 12-hour and 24-hour time
  • Adding and subtracting durations
  • Time-zone calculations (Australia vs international)
  • Daylight savings considerations
  • Word problems involving flights, schedules, broadcasts

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Frequently asked

Questions parents ask about time and time zones

Why is time a Year 8 maths topic?

Because time arithmetic isn't base-10. Adding 30 minutes to 7:45 isn't the same as adding 0.30 to 7.45. Year 8 formalises the conversions and applies them to durations and time-zone calculations.

How do students convert between 12-hour and 24-hour time?

For PM times in 24-hour format, add 12 to the hour: 3:30 PM = 15:30. For AM times, the hour stays the same: 9:15 AM = 09:15. Midnight is 00:00, noon is 12:00.

How do time zones work?

Each zone is offset from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) by a whole or half number of hours. Melbourne is UTC+10 (or +11 in daylight saving). New York is UTC-5. The difference between zones tells you the time gap.

What's the difference between AEST and AEDT?

AEST is Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), used in winter. AEDT is Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11), used in summer. Daylight saving starts on the first Sunday in October and ends on the first Sunday in April.

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