Bus timetable II 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about reading a timetable. Question 2Change answer Jake lives in Kapua. On Saturday he has a game of cricket at Seaview Park. a) Jake’s game begins at 10:00 a.m. He has to be there 20 minutes before the game starts. Jake lives in Kapua. On Saturday he has a game of cricket at Seaview Park. a) Jake’s game begins at 10:00 a.m. He has to be there 20 minutes before the game starts. What time does the bus that he should catch leave Kapua? Question 2Change answer b) Jake’s cricket game finishes by 2:00 p.m. He wants to visit his friend Nick in hospital. b) Jake’s cricket game finishes by 2:00 p.m. He wants to visit his friend Nick in hospital. i) At what time does the next bus leave from Seaview Park? ii) How many minutes does the bus take to get from Seaview Park to the hospital? minutes Question 2Change answer c) Jake catches the 3:48 bus home from the hospital. c) Jake catches the 3:48 bus home from the hospital. i) What time does this bus arrive at Kapua? ii) Is this time a.m. or p.m? Task administration: This task can be completed online and has auto marking displayed to students. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: time, table interpretation, a.m., p.m. Description of task: Students interpret and answer questions from a bus timetable including some time calculations. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' understanding of applying measurement sense to interpreting timetables and calculation with time. Answers/responses: Y7 (03/1999) a) 9:23 a.m. [Accept if a.m. is missing.] difficult b) i) ii) 2:10 p.m. [Accept if p.m. is missing.] 13 moderate difficult c) i) ii) 3:53 p.m. difficult (for both correct) Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely reason a) c) 8:48 (8:40) 7:48 (7:40) 9:48 (9:40) 4:10 (5:10) Reading timetable "From Seaview Park" rather than "To Seaview Park". b) i) 2:07 2:37 (2:23 or 2:18) Reading timetable "To Seaview Park" rather than "From Seaview Park". c) 4:18 Reads time vertically below 3:48 rather than next to it horizontally. Bus timetable Calendar calculations The cinema Camp timetable
