Clocks
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Q1. At 3:45 PM, what is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand?
A. 97.5°
B. 95°
C. 105°
D. 90°
Q2. How many degrees does the minute hand cover from 12:00 to 2:00?
A. 240°
B. 300°
C. 360°
D. 180°
Q3. If the clock shows 4:00 PM, at what angle is the minute hand from the 12 o'clock mark?
A. 180°
B. 270°
C. 90°
D. 120°
Q4. At 6:20 AM, what is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand?
A. 130°
B. 150°
C. 140°
D. 120°
Q5. How many times in a 24-hour period will the hour and minute hands of a clock be at 180° apart?
A. 11
B. 22
C. 24
D. 44
Q6. The hands of a clock are 2 hours apart. How many degrees are they apart?
A. 60°
B. 180°
C. 120°
D. 240°
Q7. How much does the hour hand cover in terms of degrees every minute?
A. 0.5°
B. 0.1°
C. 6°
D. 1°
Q8. At what time will the hour hand and the minute hand coincide between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM?
A. 8:32:45
B. 8:36:22
C. 8:30:30
D. 8:45:15
Q9. At 10:10 AM, how many degrees are between the hour and minute hands?
A. 30°
B. 35°
C. 38°
D. 40°
Q10. A clock’s minute hand moves 1° every 0.1 minutes. How long would it take for the minute hand
to cover 72°?
A. 7.2 minutes
B. 72 minutes
C. 8.3 minutes
D. 6 minutes
Q11. What is the angle between the hands of the clock at 9:15 AM?
A. 75°
B. 90°
C. 85°
D. 100°
Q12. At 12:30, what is the angle between the minute hand and the hour hand?
A. 150°
B. 165°
C. 180°
D. 75°
Q13. If the hour hand gains 5 minutes per hour and the minute hand is working correctly, how much
time would elapse when both hands coincide after 10:00 AM?
A. 65 minutes
B. 72 minutes
C. 55 minutes
D. 75 minutes
Q14. If the minute hand moves 360° in 60 minutes, how much will it cover in 25 minutes?
A. 100°
B. 90°
C. 120°
D. 150°
Q15. If two clocks are set at 12:00 noon, one running 10 minutes ahead of the other, how much time
difference will there be after 6 hours and 45 minutes?
A. 45 minutes
B. 65 minutes
C. 70 minutes
D. 60 minutes
Q16. A faulty clock gains 15 minutes every 2 hours. If the clock shows 6:00 PM, what is the correct
time?
A. 5:50 PM
B. 5:45 PM
C. 5:30 PM
D. 6:10 PM
Q17. What is the angle between the hands of the clock at 11:30 AM?
A. 135°
B. 90°
C. 150°
D. 180°
Q18. At 7:10 PM, what is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand?
A. 55°
B. 60°
C. 65°
D. 70°
Q19. The time between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM is 4 hours. How many times will the hands of the
clock form a right angle in this period?
A. 2 times
B. 3 times
C. 4 times
D. 5 times
Q20. How many times will the minute and hour hands be at right angles between 2:00 and 4:00 PM?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Q21. The time between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM, when the minute and hour hands overlap, is exactly
how many minutes?
A. 52 minutes
B. 55 minutes
C. 60 minutes
D. 50 minutes
Q22. If a clock gains 5 minutes per hour, how much time will the clock show after 24 hours if it
started at 12:00?
A. 24 hours 5 minutes
B. 23 hours 5 minutes
C. 24 hours 10 minutes
D. 23 hours 50 minutes
Q23. At 5:00 AM, the hands of the clock are at what angle?
A. 150°
B. 155°
C. 160°
D. 165°
Q24. The angle between the hour and minute hands of the clock at 8:10 AM is:
A. 60°
B. 50°
C. 55°
D. 65°
Q25. How many times in 24 hours will the hour and minute hands of the clock be exactly 30° apart?
A. 12 times
B. 22 times
C. 24 times
D. 44 times
Q26. If the time is 5:10, what is the angle between the hour and minute hands?
A. 50°
B. 55°
C. 60°
D. 65°
Q27. If the clock shows 9:45, what is the angle between the hour and minute hands?
A. 120°
B. 135°
C. 140°
D. 150°
Q28. If two clocks show the same time and one runs 5 minutes fast per hour and the other runs 10
minutes slow per hour, how much time difference will there be between them after 12 hours?
A. 15 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 25 minutes
Q29. At 3:15, how far apart are the hour and minute hands?
A. 10°
B. 15°
C. 25°
D. 30°
Q30. At what time between 4:00 and 5:00 will the hands of the clock be at 90°?
A. 4:15
B. 4:22
C. 4:30
D. 4:45
Q31. A clock loses 2 minutes every hour. If the clock shows 9:00, what is the actual time?
A. 9:10
B. 8:50
C. 8:40
D. 8:30
Q32. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands at 12:24?
A. 88°
B. 96°
C. 72°
D. 84°
Q33. What is the angle between the hour hand and minute hand at 11:55?
A. 90°
B. 80°
C. 75°
D. 85°
Q34. What is the angle between the hands of the clock at 6:45?
A. 0°
B. 15°
C. 30°
D. 45°
Q35. How many times in a day do the hour and minute hands coincide?
A. 22 times
B. 24 times
C. 48 times
D. 44 times
Q36. If a clock shows the correct time at 12:00 noon, but gains 2 minutes every hour, what time does
it show after 3 hours?
A. 12:06
B. 12:10
C. 12:05
D. 12:15
Q37. If a clock shows 2:25, what is the angle between the hands?
A. 65°
B. 50°
C. 60°
D. 75°
Q38. How many degrees does the minute hand cover in 35 minutes?
A. 210°
B. 230°
C. 240°
D. 180°
Q39. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands at 7:30?
A. 180°
B. 150°
C. 135°
D. 120°
