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Train Timetables

An interactive exercise on reading train timetables and making time calculations.

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This is level 2: finding information from a train timetable. Give your time answers in 24 hour time format in the same way it is shown in the timetable.

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Aytown Centrald.	0650	0749	0827	0909	0940	1034	1118	1217	1300	1354	1432
Bishops' Haltd.	0702	0801	0839	-	0952	1046	1130	1229	-	1406	1444
Cayleigh Bridged.	0720	0819	0857	-	1010	1104	1148	1247	-	1424	1502
Dozy Bankd.	0739	0838	0916	-	1029	1123	1207	1306	-	1443	1521
Eyrevillea.	0751	0850	0928	1000	1041	1135	1219	1318	1351	1455	1533
Foul Streetd.	0805	-	0942	1014	-	1149	1233	-	1405	1509	-
Gravillenotd.	0824	-	1001	1033	-	1208	1252	-	1424	1528	-
High Browa.	0838	-	1015	1047	-	1222	1306	-	1438	1542	-

What time does the first train depart from from Aytown Central?
What time does the 0909 train from Aytown Central arrive in Eyreville?
What time does the 1405 train from Foul Street arrive in High Brow?
How many stops does the 1354 train make on its journey from Aytown Central to High Brow?
How many minutes does the journey from Foul Street to High Brow take?
How many minutes does the journey from Bishops' Halt to Eyreville take?
How many minutes less does it take the 0909 train from Aytown Central to get Eyreville than the 0940 train?
If you arrive at Gravillenot at 11:4am how many minutes will you have to wait for the next train to depart for High Brow?
If you arrive at Cayleigh Bridge at 9am what is the earliest time you could be at Eyreville?
If you have to be in High Brow by 10am at the latest what is the last train you can catch from Aytown Central?

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Instructions Try your best to answer the questions above. Type your answers into the boxes provided leaving no spaces. As you work through the exercise regularly click the "check" button. If you have any wrong answers, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help. When you have got all of the questions correct you may want to print out this page and paste it into your exercise book. If you keep your work in an ePortfolio you could take a screen shot of your answers and paste that into your Maths file.

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Level 1 - Highlighting journeys on a train timetable

Level 2 - Finding information from a train timetable

Level 3 - Finding information from a real train timetable

Level 4 - Create a timetable from the given clues

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

Curriculum Reference

See the National Curriculum page for links to related online activities and resources.

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The video above is from RawMaths.

You may also want to use a calculator to check your working. See Calculator Workout skill 12.

Don't wait until you have finished the exercise before you click on the 'Check' button. Click it often as you work through the questions to see if you are answering them correctly. You can double-click the 'Check' button to make it float at the bottom of your screen.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don’t yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

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