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Time Measurement Lessons

Help Nathan, Rawiri and Mele keep a busy post office running on time. Read each time carefully. Use am and pm where needed, and show your working for elapsed-time questions.

Read and represent time

Use the clocks and times to solve the first challenges.

1.The post office opens at 8:00 am. Mele arrives 45 minutes later. What time does she arrive? Choose the correct answer.

8:15 am
8:45 am
9:15 am
9:45 am

2.Write 3:15 pm in words. Include both a digital-style time and a time phrase.

3.Match each digital time to its time phrase.

10:30
11:45
7:00
6:15

Quarter past six
Quarter to twelve
Half past ten
Seven o’clock

4.The wall clock has stopped at 2:00. Draw the minute hand and hour hand to show quarter to three.

Plan the delivery run

The post office team is working to a timetable. Use the times to reason about duration and order.

Event

Time

Sort parcels

9:20 am

Van leaves

10:05 am

Van returns

11:35 am

Lunch break begins

12:00 pm

5.How long does the van delivery run last, from leaving to returning? Show how you worked it out.

6.How much time is there between the van returning and the lunch break beginning?

7.Put these events in time order by writing 1–4 beside each: lunch break begins; van leaves; parcels are sorted; van returns.

Time in everyday life

Choose sensible estimates and use units accurately.

8.Which is the most sensible estimate for sorting a small stack of letters: 20 seconds, 5 minutes or 3 hours? Explain briefly.

9.Complete each time fact: 60 seconds = minute; 60 minutes = hour; 24 hours = day; 7 days = week.

10.A parcel counter appointment starts at 1:40 pm and lasts 35 minutes. What time does it finish?

11.Nathan says that 90 minutes is the same as 1 hour 30 minutes. Is he correct? Tick true or false and explain using a time conversion.

12.Create a short post office shift plan with two jobs. Write a start time and finish time for each job, and make sure the jobs do not overlap. Use am or pm.