Measure Time between Two Year Marks - Practice 2

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For these same-era year marks, subtract the earlier year from the later year. Count the intervals between marks, not both endpoint labels. These dates are invented and represent the same calendar date in each year.

Worked example

From the start of 2012 to the start of 2017 is 5 years, not 6.

Schematic sequence, left to right: 2012: Start; 2014: 2 years later; 2017: 5 years later. Equal drawing gaps do not guarantee equal elapsed time.

Question 1 An invented town record runs from January 1, 1935 to January 1, 1943. How many years elapsed? Answer

Question 2 An invented town record runs from January 1, 1942 to January 1, 1951. How many years elapsed? Answer

Question 3 An invented town record runs from January 1, 1949 to January 1, 1959. How many years elapsed? Answer

Question 4 An invented town record runs from January 1, 1956 to January 1, 1967. How many years elapsed? Answer

Question 5 An invented town record runs from January 1, 1963 to January 1, 1975. How many years elapsed? Answer