Telling time to the minute

Mathematics · Measurement · ages 5-6

Name ______________________ Date ____________

How many seconds are in one minute?
- 6
- 60
- 16
A stopwatch can help you measure how long an activity takes.
Circle one: True False
Which tool can time how long tooth brushing takes?
- A ruler
- A sand timer
- A calendar
True or false: 1 minute is the same as 60 seconds.
Circle one: True False
1 minute has 60 seconds. How many minutes are in 4800 seconds?
Answer: ______________
Which activity would you time with a stopwatch?
- How fast you can hop across the room
- What color your shirt is
- How tall you are
Suzie leaves work at 8:45. She gets home at 9:02. How many minutes long is her trip home?
Answer: ______________
1 hour has 60 minutes. How many minutes are in 4 hours?
Answer: ______________
Ben says one minute is the same as 6 seconds. What mistake did he make?
- He mixed up 6 and 60
- He counted too slowly
- He used the wrong timer
Ricky builds 8 sets of shelves. Each set takes him 30 minutes. How many hours in total does he spend building all 8 sets?
- 2 hours
- 3 hours
- 4 hours
- 5 hours

Answer key

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60 · One minute equals 60 seconds. It is easy to mix up 6 and 60.
True · That is exactly what a stopwatch is for.
A sand timer · A sand timer or stopwatch measures how long an activity takes.
True · Yes! When 60 seconds go by, that makes 1 whole minute.
80 · We split the seconds into groups of 60 to find the minutes.
How fast you can hop across the room · A stopwatch times things like a hop across the room.
17 · We count forward from 8:45 to 9:02 to find how many minutes passed.
240 · Each hour is 60 minutes, so 4 hours is 4 groups of 60.
He mixed up 6 and 60 · One minute is 60 seconds, not 6. It is an easy mistake.
4 hours · We find the total minutes first, then change that into hours.