Y3

Maths

Units of Time Discussion Problem

Worksheet
Group work
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Challenge your children's knowledge and understanding of time with this Year 3 Units of Time worksheet.

Using the given clues, children must use their reasoning and problem-solving skills to help them work out how long it took each child to complete the obstacle course and order them from quickest to longest.

Ideal for paired or small group work, this resource is designed to challenge children's thinking and get them talking mathematically about units of time. An answer sheet is provided to support peer marking.


Curriculum Objectives

  • Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock, a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight
  • Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year
  • Compare durations of events [for example to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]