Grade 2 · Math · Unit 11 of 11
Days, Weeks, Months and Years
How long things take
What your child practises
Comparing how long things take, counting days until an event, and knowing that 7 days make a week, about 4 weeks a month, 12 months a year and 60 minutes an hour.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 2T1.1, 2T1.2 · how long events last and how many days, weeks, months, years and minutes make longer times
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is shorter: a day or an hour?
- a day
- an hour
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an hour
Hint: A day has 24 hours.
Question 2
Which unit is best for how long a summer holiday lasts?
- months
- days
- weeks
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weeks
Hint: A summer holiday is many weeks.
Question 3
Which day comes after Tuesday?
- Friday
- Wednesday
- Saturday
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Wednesday
Hint: Say the days of the week in order.
Question 4
How many minutes are in one hour?
- 30
- 60
- 100
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60
Hint: A clock's minute hand goes all the way around in one hour: 60 minutes.
Question 5
Which month comes right after February?
- May
- March
- August
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March
Hint: Say the months in order. There are 12 of them in a year.
Question 6
The class trip is on Sunday. Today is Thursday. How many days until the trip?
- 3
- 1
- 2
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3
Hint: Count the days one at a time, starting with tomorrow.