I was having trouble sleeping last night and I tossed and turned well into the night. Our local town hall has a clock which strikes on the hour and also strikes just once on the half hour. During one of my more awake moments I heard the clock strike once, but I could not tell what time it was. Half an hour later it struck once again, but I still could not tell what time it was. Finally, half an hour later it struck once again and I knew what the time was.
What time was it?
It was 12:30. Because, at 12:30 it will strikes once, at 1 srtikes once againn, and finally at 1:30 strikes lastly.
Every day, a wife picks up her husband at local train station at 5. One day he arrives early at 4 and he begins to walk home along the road which his wife would be traveling. She meets him and takes him the rest of the way. If he would have waited at the train station, she would have arrived there at 5. As it turned out, they reached home 20 minutes early.
What time was it when she picked him up?
A clock was correct at midnight.
From that moment it began to lose four minutes per hour.
The clock stopped three hours ago showing 12:08pm.
The clock runs for less than 24 hours. What is the correct time now?
Clock A was correct at midnight.
From that moment it began to lose two and a half minutes per hour.
The clock stopped one hour ago showing clock B.
What is the correct time now? The clock runs for less than 24 hours.
Clock A 00:00 Clock B 17;15
From that moment it began to lose three minutes per hour.
The clock stopped 90 minutes ago showing 17:06.
The clock runs for less than 24 hours.
What is the correct time now?
If the clock stopped two hours ago showing 16:48, what is the correct time?
