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Comparing Time Durations
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Comparing Time Durations
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice
1. Which activity usually takes longer?
Hopping 10 times — about 45 seconds
Drawing a quick sketch — about 2 minutes
2. Which is shorter?
Using a 3-minute sand timer
Using a 1-minute sand timer
3. Sam’s task took 90 seconds. Mia’s task took 1 minute 30 seconds. Which is longer?
Sam
Mia
They are the same
4. Check all that usually take less than 1 minute:
Tying shoelaces (approx. 45 seconds)
Reading one page of a book (approx. 2 minutes)
Blinking 30 times (approx. 15 seconds)
10 jumping jacks (approx. 90 seconds)
✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Matching
5. Match each activity with the best duration. Draw a line between columns.
A. Hopping on one foot 10 times
B. Writing your name 5 times
C. Using a 1-minute sand timer
D. Listening to a short song
1. About 2 minutes
2. About 30 seconds
3. 60 seconds
4. About 45 seconds
6. Estimate: How long to tie shoelaces? Write minutes and seconds.
Estimate: _____ minutes _____ seconds
7. Convert and compare. Show working:
Sam practised piano for 3 minutes 30 seconds. Mia practised for 210 seconds.
Who practised longer? ____________
8. Exit slip — Draw one activity you timed in class. Then write if it took longer or shorter than another activity you did.
Activity: ______________________ Was it longer or shorter than another activity? ______________________
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