Earth time 0 Overview Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students This task is about units of time. Question 1Change answer An alien wants to find out about time on Earth. Answer the alien's questions. An alien wants to find out about time on Earth. Answer the alien's questions. a) "How many days are there in a week?" b) "How many months are there in a year?" c) "How many minutes are there in an hour?" d) "How many seconds are there in a minute?" e) "How many hours are there in a day?" Level: 2 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: time, units Description of task: Students identify how many smaller units make up a larger unit of time measurement, e.g. hours in a day. Answers/responses: Y4 (06/1999) a) 7 very easy b) 12 easy c) 60 easy d) 60 easy e) 24 moderate Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely reason e) 12 Number of a.m. or p.m. hours, i.e., hours in half a day.
