Work schedule

Work schedule

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This task is about using a work schedule to answer questions about starting, finishing, and the total number of hours worked.

This table gives the times that Constable Biggs worked last week.

  On duty Off duty
Monday 0800 1600
Tuesday 0600 1400
Wednesday 0430 1230
Thursday 0200 1000
Friday 0630 1230
Saturday 1000 1600
 
a)		   
Complete the following clock faces to show
 
  i) His starting time on Friday.
 		 ii)
His finishing time on Saturday.
 
   

 
 
b)
  
Constable Biggs averaged 7 hours 20 minutes on duty a day.
 
On which 2 days did he spend less than the average time on duty? _______________ and _______________
 
c) How many hours did Constable Biggs work altogether last week? __________ hours
Task administration: 
This task can be completed using pencil and paper.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement
Keywords: 
time, analogue time, 24-hour time, addition, subtraction, table interpretation
Description of task: 
Students interpret a work schedule to answer questions about starting, finishing, and the total number of hours worked.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y7 (10/1996)

Y8 (10/1996)
a) i)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ii)		 Clock showing 6.30

Clock showing 4.00
 moderate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
easy		 moderate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
easy
b)   Friday and Saturday moderate moderate
c)   44 hours difficult difficult
Teaching and learning: 
This resource can help to identify students' understanding of working with measurement units of time.