Calculating and comparing intervals of time

Calculating and comparing intervals of time

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to calculate and compare intervals of time when given the start and finish times. We will look at TV schedules and cinema times to help us calculate the length of programmes and films based upon their start and finish times, using number lines to help us.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which interval of time is longer?
Correct answer: hours
minutes
Q2.
Which interval of time is longer?
Correct answer: 35 minutes
Half an hour
Q3.
Which interval of time is shorter?
Correct answer: 55 minutes
One hour
Q4.
Which interval of time is shorter?
Correct answer: 85 minutes
One hour and a half
Q5.
The Green Monster TV programme started at 8.15am. Fun Tricks started at 8:35am. How long was The Green Monster programme?
10 minutes
15 minutes
Correct answer: 20 minutes
Q6.
The Wicked Witch started at 04:45pm. It ended at 06:05pm. How long was the film?
1 hour and 15 minutes
Correct answer: 1 hour and 20 minutes
2 hours and 20 minutes
20 minutes

Lesson appears in

UnitMaths / Time