Estimating time

This task is about estimating the duration of time.
You are going to be working with a partner and both of you will be taking turns to estimate how much time you think has gone by.
 
  1. Take turns using a stopwatch to estimate when you think 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, and 60 seconds have gone by.
  2. Each time one of you has the stopwatch and says "Go" while the other says "Stop" when they think the correct number of seconds has gone by.
  3. Reset the stopwatch to 0 after each estimation.

Question 1Change answer

Record both your estimates and your partner's estimates on the table below.
 

Time

Your Estimate

Your Partner's Estimate

a)

15 seconds
seconds
 seconds

b)

30 seconds
seconds
 seconds

c)

45 seconds
seconds
 seconds

d)

60 seconds
seconds
 seconds
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