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Putting time in order

Mathematics · Measurement · ages 6-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which timeline order is correct?

    • bed, school, wake
    • wake, school, bed
    • bed, wake, school
    • school, bed, wake

  2. Nap took 20 min, walk took 45 min, snack took 10 min. Which took longest?

    • nap
    • snack
    • all same
    • walk

  3. Ava says a film of 90 min is longer than a nap of 20 min. Is Ava right?

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Lunch lasted 60 minutes. How many hours is that?

    Answer: ______________

  5. Breakfast took 10 minutes, school took 6 hours, and nap time took 30 minutes. Which happened for the shortest time?

    BreakfastSchoolNap
    • Breakfast
    • School
    • Nap

  6. Order these from shortest to longest: a 1-hour movie, a 20-minute walk, a 5-minute snack.

    • snack, walk, movie
    • walk, snack, movie
    • movie, walk, snack

  7. Play lasted 30 min plus 15 min extra. How long total?

    Answer: ______________

  8. A race is 2 hours. How many minutes is that?

    Answer: ______________

  9. Zoe says a 90-minute movie is shorter than a 1-hour walk, because 90 is a small number of hours. What mistake did Zoe make?

    • She compared minutes to minutes correctly
    • She is right, the movie is shorter
    • She forgot 90 minutes is 1 hour 30 minutes, which is longer than 1 hour

  10. Three chores take 8 minutes, 25 minutes, and 50 minutes. If you do them in order from shortest to longest, how many minutes will have passed by the time you finish the second chore?

    Answer: ______________

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Putting time in order W1-mt_6XCURuNwPw-s1

  1. wake, school, bed · Day runs wake then school then bed.
  2. walk · 45 is largest.
  3. True · 90 beats 20.
  4. 1 · 60 minutes is 1 hour.
  5. Breakfast · Breakfast lasted only 10 minutes, which is shorter than the nap or the school day.
  6. snack, walk, movie · 5 minutes is shortest, then 20 minutes, then 1 hour (60 minutes) is longest.
  7. 45 · 30 plus 15 is 45.
  8. 120 · 2 times 60 is 120.
  9. She forgot 90 minutes is 1 hour 30 minutes, which is longer than 1 hour · 90 minutes equals 1 hour 30 minutes. Change both times to the same unit before comparing them.
  10. 33 · First the 8-minute chore, then the 25-minute chore: 8 plus 25 is 33 minutes.
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