I do it in two parts. I calculate how much time has elapsed between the AM and noon, then how much time has elapsed between noon and the PM, then add them together.
There are 6 hours of elapsed time between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
46 minutes have elapsed from 9:59 PM to 10:45 PM.
The elapsed time is 4 hours and 53 minutes.
The elapsed time of 1 pm to 9 am is 20 hours.
If you set a timing clock to zero at 9-00pm on Wednesday, by midnight it will have recorded 3-00 hours; we have reached the time which changes from the end of Wednesday to the beginning of Thursday; from there to 1-00am is only 1 hour, so altogether the elapsed time will be exactly 4-00 hours.
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There are 6 hours of elapsed time between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
1 hour and 40 minutes.
10:20
6 hours.
3 hours, 32 minutes
Between 1:30pm and 4:45pm there are 195 minutes .
The answer is 6 hours.
594 minutes.
899 minutes
There are 15 hours and 15 minutes between 5:15 am and 8:30 pm.
10 hours and 25 minutes.