Time Tracker Practice
Time tracker questions use horizontal bars to show when people were present. You read the start and finish of each bar, compare durations, and count who is present at one exact time.
The Rules Every Time Tracker Question Uses
The papers ask about arrival, leaving, duration, longest or shortest time, and how many people were present at a specific moment.
⏱ Rule 1: Bar length is duration
Subtract the start time from the finish time to find how long someone stayed.
Example: 09:50 to 10:30 is 40 minutes.
⬅ Rule 2: Earliest start is furthest left
The person whose bar begins furthest left arrived or started first.
Example: Paloma starts at 09:45, before the swimmers who start at 09:50.
➡ Rule 3: First finish is the leftmost end
To find who left first, compare the right ends of the bars.
Example: Paloma finishes at 10:05, before Bianca finishes at 10:10.
🔎 Rule 4: Finish time is not counted
If a person leaves exactly at a time, they are not counted as present at that time.
Example: Bianca finishes at 10:10, so she is not counted at exactly 10:10.
How to Solve Time Tracker Questions
One finishing-time question, one exact-time count, and one duration question from a real source chart.
1. Find Who Left First
Question: This chart shows the times when 5 swimmers were swimming in a pool one afternoon. Who left the pool first?
Worked Method
Step 1: Look at the right end of each bar.
Step 2: Paloma's bar ends at 10:05, before Bianca at 10:10.
Answer: Paloma left first.
2. Count Who Is Present at an Exact Time
Question: How many swimmers were swimming at exactly 10:10?
Worked Method
Step 1: At 10:10, count bars that cover 10:10.
Step 2: Bianca finishes exactly at 10:10, so she is not counted.
Step 3: Cynthia and Kenji are still swimming at 10:10. Steve starts at 10:15.
Answer: 2 swimmers.
3. Read a Duration from the Bar
Question: How many minutes did Kenji spend swimming?
Worked Method
Step 1: Kenji's bar starts at 09:50 and ends at 10:30.
Step 2: 09:50 to 10:30 is 40 minutes.
Tip: Count the time gap between the two ends, not the number of gridlines crossed.
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The full Time Tracker pack contains 90 time chart questions across 3 printable test sets, with full answer sheets for checking start times, finish times, durations and exact-time counts.
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