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Measurement - Locations and UTC Times.
Test Yourself 1.


 

 

1. Using the UTC World Time Zone map, determine the time zones for:

(i) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(ii) Delhi, India.

(iii) Perth, Scotland.

 

3. Yerevan in Armenia is 3 hours ahead of Lagos in Nigeria.
Reykjavik in Iceland is 4 hours behind Yerevan.

What is the time in Reykjavik when it is 3 pm in Lagos?

Answer.It is 4 pm in Reykjavik.
4. When it is midday in January in Perth, Australia (UTC+8 hours), what time is it in Auckland, New Zealand (UTC+12 hours)?
5. When it is 10:00 am in Sydney (UTC +11 hours), what time is it in Adelaide (UTC +10:30 hours)?
6. When tennis players start play at 11: 00 am in Wimbledon, London (UTC 0 hours), what time is it in Melbourne, Australia (UTC +10 hours).
7. When Prince Harry married Meghan at noon in London, what was the time in New York, USA (UTC -5 hours)?

8. The 2021 Olympic Games opened at 8:00 pm in Tokyo, Japan (UTC +9 hours).

What time was it in Zurich, Switzerland (UTC + 1 hour).

9. What is the time and day in Fiji (UTC +12 hours) if it is 7 am on a Friday in Honolulu (UTC -10 hours).

10. A person in Vancouver, Canada (UTC -8 hours) wishes to ring a friend in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (UTC +3 hours).

It is 3:00 pm on Tuesday in Vancouver. What time and day will it be in Tanzania?

11. A person in a yacht is off the coast of New Zealand and sails east across the International Date Line.

What change in time and date does the yachtie experience?

Answer.No change in time but loses a day with the date going back one day.