Telling time to the minute (age 9+)
Solve problems involving converting between units of time (hours↔minutes, minutes↔seconds, years↔months, weeks↔days)
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“If your child needs to convert 2 hours 35 minutes into just minutes, can they do it — and then convert 180 seconds into minutes and seconds?”
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- Activity. Solve problems involving converting between units of time (hours↔minutes, minutes↔seconds, years↔months, weeks↔days)
What to notice. Convert 3 hours 25 minutes to 205 minutes • A programme lasts 150 seconds — express in minutes and seconds • How many days are in 8 weeks and 3 days?
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If your child needs to convert 2 hours 35 minutes into just minutes, can they do it — and then convert 180 seconds into minutes and seconds?
Solve problems involving converting between units of time (hours↔minutes, minutes↔seconds, years↔months, weeks↔days)
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- Convert 3 hours 25 minutes to 205 minutes
- A programme lasts 150 seconds — express in minutes and seconds
- How many days are in 8 weeks and 3 days?
“If your child needs to convert 2 hours 35 minutes into just minutes, can they do it — and then convert 180 seconds into minutes and seconds?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 9–10