World+Time+Zones

1. Locate the starting city or country on the time zone map. You may need a world political map to find the cities and countries. 2. Add 1 hour for each zone you move to the east (right). 3. Subtract 1 hour for each zone you move to the west (left). 4. Go to the next day if you cross the International Date Line from east to west. 5. Go back a day if you cross the International Date Line from west to east.

World Time Zones

Use the following maps to answer the questions (or open it in a separate window [|here] to view it larger by clicking on the image).



1. How many world time zones are there? Why? 120. because thats what it adds up to.

2. Approximately how wide is each time zone? about 15 degrees

3. why are the time zone boundaries are not completely straight. because they follow the terrotorial borders

Use your time zone map to calculate the answers to the following questions (remember that you add time as you move east and subtract time as you move west).

4. If the time in London is 12:00 noon GMT, what time is it in: Chicago 6 am_ __Paris__ _1 pm Moscow3 pm __Tokyo__8 pm Rio de Janeiro __Honolulu__ 2am

__5. If the time in Chicago is 12:15 P.M., what time is it in: London__7 15 pm Paris 6 15 am Moscow 9 15 pm_ Tokyo _3 15 pm __Buenos Aires__ Jerusalem8 15 am

6. If the time in Bombay is 9:37 P.M on Tuesday., what time and day is it in: Wellington tuesday Singapore wendsday Fairbanks wensday_ Rome tuesday

7. If it is Thursday, January 8, 12:00 noon in St. Paul, what time and day is it in: Miami thur_ __Seattle__ thur Atlanta thur __Dallas__ thur _ Hong Kong fri_ __Cairo__ fri_ Mexico City __thur St. Petersburg__ fri_ __San Diego__ thur_ __Buenos Aries__ _fri__

8. It is 12:00 Midnight GMT. How much of the earth is in the old calendar day, and how much is in the new calendar day? ?

9. If it is Tuesday morning west of the International Date Line (Eastern Hemisphere), then what day is it east of the International Date Line (Western Hemisphere)? wensday

10. If it is January 7, 10:00 P.M. in Chicago, what date and time is it in London?

8th jan.

11. If it is October 29, 3:00 A.M. in Sydney, what date and time is it in Chicago?

30-th

12. A man living in Honolulu, Hawaii on Tuesday 12:00 P.M. calls his cousin in Tokyo, Japan. What time is it in Tokyo? What calendar day is it? 5 am

13. If you are visiting your Grandparents in Boston and you want to watch your favorite TV show, Smallville, which is on at 8:00 CST, what time will it be on at your grandparents? What about at your aunt’s house in San Francisco?

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14. If you want to call your pen pal in Saudi Arabia between 7:00 and 9:00 (their time), what time would you have to make the call here in Minnesota?

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