Time Math Attack
Add, subtract and convert time against the clock
More experiments
Features
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you add and subtract time?
Work in base 60: add the minutes, and every time they pass 60 carry one hour and subtract 60 from the minutes. Subtraction borrows the other way — take an hour and add 60 minutes. The mistake most people make is treating minutes like decimals, so 1:45 + 30 min becomes 2:15, not 1:75.
What is a carry in time math?
A carry is when the minutes add up to 60 or more and roll into the next hour — like 40 + 35 = 75 minutes = 1 hour 15. Crossing 12 or 24 rolls into AM/PM or the next day. The game deliberately picks numbers that force these carries so you practise the tricky part.
How do time-zone questions work?
Each city has a fixed UTC offset, so converting means adding the difference between the two offsets. London to Delhi is +5.5 hours, for example. The half-hour offsets (India, +5:30) and the rare 45-minute one (Nepal, +5:45) are the classic traps, and they only appear at higher levels.
Why practise time math?
Adding and subtracting time comes up constantly — arrival times, meeting across zones, cooking, shift work — and base-60 arithmetic is genuinely error-prone. A quick timed drill sharpens the mental shortcuts so you do it faster and more reliably in real life.