How long was that? 0 Overview Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about working out how long something took. Question 1Change answer A morning bus left the city at: It arrived at the airport at: The bus trip took minutes. Question 1Change answer A bus left the city at: It arrived at the airport at: The bus trip took minutes. Question 1Change answer A morning bus left the city at: It arrived at the airport at: The bus trip took hours and minutes. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: time, analogue time, hours, minutes Description of task: Students calculate the time taken for bus travel and zoo feeding times based on analogue clocks showing start and finish times. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' understanding of duration of of events and reading a scale for the Measurement objectives. Answers/responses: Y6 (09/2000) a) 35 easy b) 50 moderate c) 4 hours and 50 minutes difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely calculation Likely reason c) 5h 50 min 2 p.m. - 9 a.m. = 5h Does not rename 2 p.m. c) 5h 10 min 2 - 9 = 5 Does not rename and subtract bigger time from smaller. c) 4h 20 min Ignores half hour from 9:30 to 10:00. c) 5h 20 min Ignores half hour and does not rename 2 p.m. Analogue and digital time Work, work, work Walking to work Analogue and digital clocks Working with time A farmer's day Writing time differently
