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3 Using Time Zones

The document discusses time zones and how they relate to locations around the world relative to Greenwich, England. It provides examples of calculating time differences between cities in different countries and different time zones within Australia. The key points are that the Earth is divided into 24 time zones based on 15 degree lines of longitude, with places east of Greenwich being ahead in time and places west being behind. Australia has three time zones, with Eastern Standard Time 10 hours ahead of Greenwich, Central Standard Time 9.5 hours ahead, and Western Standard Time 8 hours ahead.

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3 Using Time Zones

The document discusses time zones and how they relate to locations around the world relative to Greenwich, England. It provides examples of calculating time differences between cities in different countries and different time zones within Australia. The key points are that the Earth is divided into 24 time zones based on 15 degree lines of longitude, with places east of Greenwich being ahead in time and places west being behind. Australia has three time zones, with Eastern Standard Time 10 hours ahead of Greenwich, Central Standard Time 9.5 hours ahead, and Western Standard Time 8 hours ahead.

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USING TIME ZONES

The Earth is divided into 24 time zones (one for each hour).

– Twenty-four 15° lines of longitude divide the Earth into its time zones. Time zones also depend on a
country’s borders and its proximity to other countries.

– Time is based on the time in a place called Greenwich, United Kingdom, and this is called Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

– Places east of Greenwich are ahead in time. Places west of Greenwich are behind in time.

WORKED EXAMPLE 1 USING TIME ZONES

1.State whether each of these cities is ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time.

a Sydney b Auckland Rio de Janeiro d Perth

2. From the given map, find the time in each of these cities when it is noon in Greenwich.

a Sydney b Perth c New York d Beijing

3. What is the time difference between:

a Sydney and Perth? b Sydney and Beijing? c Honolulu and Moscow? d San Francisco and Geneva?
AUSTRALIA HAS THREE TIME ZONES:

– Eastern Standard Time (EST), which is UTC plus 10 hours.

– Central Standard Time (CST), which is UTC plus 9.5 hours.

– Western Standard Time (WST), which is UTC plus 8 hours.

WORKED EXAMPLE 2 AUSTRALIAN TIME ZONES


1. What is the time difference between:

a Sydney and Adelaide? b Melbourne and Perth? c Adelaide and Melbourne?

2. If it is 11:00pm in Sydney, what time is it in:

a Melbourne? b Adelaide? c Perth? d Darwin? e Hobart? f Canberra?

3. a Emily flies from Sydney to Perth, taking 4 hours. If she leaves Sydney at 2pm, what time does
she land in Perth? Give your answer as Perth local time.

CLASS/HOMEWORK
b When Emily flies home, she leaves Perth at 9am. What time does she
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land in Sydney? Give your answer as Sydney local time.
EXERCISE 7C

QUESTIONS 1-18

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