Reading and Using Timetables

Read a given timetable to identify a single stated departure or arrival time, and convert simple times between 12-hour and 24-hour notation.

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Current NZC (2007)
  • GM4-4
New NZC (2026)
  • NZC26-P4-MEA-MEA-P-Y9-11
  • NZC26-P3-MEA-MEA-P-Y7-05
  • NZC26-P3-MEA-MEA-P-Y8-09

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Terminology

  • Timetable
  • 24-hour time
  • 12-hour time
  • Departure time
  • Arrival time
  • Elapsed time
  • Layover
  • Connection
  • Journey duration

Task goals

  • Read a given timetable to identify a single stated departure or arrival time.
  • Convert times between 12-hour and 24-hour notation.
  • Calculate the elapsed time between two timetable entries, including journeys that cross the hour.
  • Account for a waiting period or layover at a stop when calculating a total journey time.
  • Solve multi-stage timetable problems that combine connections between two or more linked services.
  • Determine the total duration of a journey, including any layovers, from start to finish.

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Reasoning about duration using different units of time, including decimal fractions of milliseconds where appropriate

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Year 9 · Measurement · Measuring
NZC26-P4-MEA-MEA-P-Y9-11

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