Number of minutes in an hour

Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day

ages 6 to 718 practice questionsvideo included

What a learner can do afterwards

State that there are 60 minutes in an hour
State that there are 24 hours in a day
Use these facts to solve simple time problems

1 · Read

You already know how to read a clock and tell o'clock and half past times. Now let's learn two facts that make time easier: how many minutes make one hour, and how many hours make one whole day.

The minute hand goes all the way around the clock once. That trip takes 60 minutes, and 60 minutes is 1 hour.

Try it together

Grace watches a show that lasts 60 minutes. She says, 'That show lasted exactly 1 hour!' She is right, because 60 minutes and 1 hour are the same amount of time.

A whole day, from midnight to the next midnight, has 24 hours.

Good to know

Here is a trick: for any number of hours, multiply by 60 to get minutes. Two hours is 60 + 60, which is 120 minutes.

One hour is 60 minutes, and one day is 24 hours.

2 · Watch

Take it off screen

Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.

Where it sits

Learn first

Measuring Time

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Time Units and Calendar Facts

Where this leads

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Then practise

18 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.

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