Flight schedule

Flight schedule

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This task is about interpreting information from a timetable.
flight schedule from Queenstown to Wellington

Question

a)  Which flight takes the least time to get to Wellington?
    • NZ 5026

    • NZ 5036

    • NZ 5226

    • NZ 5040

    • NZ 542

Question

b)  Which flight takes the greatest time to get to Wellington?
    • NZ 5026

    • NZ 5036

    • NZ 5226

    • NZ 5040

    • NZ 542

Question 2Change answer

c)  How long does flight NZ 5040 take to get to Wellington?
     

Question 2Change answer

d)  How long does flight NZ 5036 take to get to Wellington?
     
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
Level:
4
Description of task: 
Students answer four questions about flight times on a flight schedule.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' understanding of the measurement units of time and calculation with time (additive strategies).
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (10/1997)

a) NZ 542 [accept 542] easy
b) NZ 5226 [accept 5226] difficult
c) 2 hours 20 minutes (140 minutes) difficult
d) 3 hours 25 minutes (205 minutes) difficult
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error Likely calculation Likely misconception
c)
d)
2 hr 40 min
3 hr 35 min
2:45 - 12:05
12:45 - 9:10
Subtracts smaller minutes from larger and renames.
c)
d)
3 hr 40 min
4 hr 35 min
3:45 - 12:05
1:45 - 9:10
Subtracts smaller minutes from larger and doesn't rename.
c)
d)
3 hr 50 min
4 hr 55 min
3 hr and (45 + 5) min
4 hr and (45 + 10) min
Adds minutes instead of subtracting and doesn't rename.