This Grade 4 worksheet challenges students with cross-country time zone shift problems where destinations sit 2 hours behind or ahead. Learners compute local arrival times for flights from New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, adding flight durations and adjusting for the time zone difference. Multiple-choice and fills sharpen reasoning about elapsed time across zones, building real-world Grade 4 skills. Grade 4 students master scheduling.

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Elapsed Time
Grade 4
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A Grade 4 family flies from New York at 9:00 AM Eastern. The flight duration is 5 hours, and Mountain Time is 2 hours behind Eastern. What is the arrival time in Mountain Time?
 A) 12:00 PM
 B) 1:00 PM
 C) 2:00 PM
 D) 11:00 AM
2. An itinerary departs Chicago at 7:30 AM Central with a 4-hour flight to Los Angeles, where the time zone is 2 hours behind Central. What is the local arrival time?
 A) 9:30 AM
 B) 10:30 AM
 C) 11:30 AM
 D) 12:30 PM
3. A traveler leaves Los Angeles at 6:00 AM Pacific on a 5-hour 30-minute flight to New York, where the time zone is 3 hours ahead. What is the local arrival time? (Use 2 zones; assume 2-hour shift to Mountain only.)
 A) 1:30 PM Mountain
 B) 11:30 AM Pacific
 C) 10:30 AM Mountain
 D) 12:30 PM Mountain
4. A Grade 4 itinerary departs at 10:15 AM Central and lands after a 3-hour 45-minute trip in a zone 2 hours behind. What is the local arrival time?
 A) 12:00 PM
 B) 1:00 PM
 C) 2:00 PM
 D) 11:00 AM
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) A Grade 4 itinerary departs 9:00 AM Eastern with a 5-hour flight; the destination time zone is 2 hours behind. The local arrival time is 12 :00 PM.
2) A flight schedule leaves 8:30 AM with duration 4 h 30 min. Destination time zone is 2 hours behind, so local arrival is 11 :00 AM.
3) An eastward itinerary leaves 7:00 AM with 4-hour duration; destination time zone is 2 hours ahead. Local arrival is 1 :00 PM.
4) A Grade 4 family flies from a 3:00 PM start with a 2 h 30 min duration and a 2-hour westward time zone. Local arrival is 3 :30 PM.
5) An itinerary departs 11:45 AM with a 3 h 15 min flight; destination time zone is 2 hours behind. Local arrival time is 1:0 PM.
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