Grade 3 · Math · Unit 8 of 13
Time
Clocks, minutes and calendars
What your child practises
Telling time on an analog clock, working out start and end times, and knowing how seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years relate.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Shape and Space: Measurement · the passage of time in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practise.
- The short hand shows the hour. The long hand shows the minutes.
- Each number on the clock is 5 minutes.
- Long hand on 6 means 30 minutes past.
Example: The short hand is just past the 3 and the long hand is on the 6. What time is it? Long hand on 6: 30 minutes. Short hand just past 3: the hour is 3. Answer: 3:30
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
What time does the clock show?
- 6:40
- 8:06
- 8:30
- 9:30
8:30
Hint: The short red hand shows the hour. The long blue hand shows the minutes. The short hand has gone past 8 but hasn't reached 9 yet, so the hour is still 8. Count by 5s from the 12 to the long hand: 30 minutes. It's 8:30.
Question 2
Music practice starts at 1:30 and lasts 30 minutes. What time does it end?
- 2:00
- 2:30
- 1:45
- 3:00
2:00
Hint: From 1:30, 30 minutes gets you to 2:00.
Question 3
How many minutes are in half an hour?
⏳answer box
30
Hint: 1 hour is 60 minutes. Half of 60 is 30.
Question 4
What month is 4 months after December?
📅- April
- March
- August
- May
April
Hint: Count on 4 months from December: January, February, March, April.
Question 5
The bus ride starts at 9:00 and ends at 10:30. How long is it?
Starts Ends 9:00 10:30 - 1 hour and 15 minutes
- 1 hour and 30 minutes
- 2 hours and 30 minutes
- 2 hours
1 hour and 30 minutes
Hint: From 9:00, 60 minutes gets you to 10:00. Then 30 minutes more is 10:30.
Question 6
What time does the clock show?
- 10:45
- 11:45
- 10:09
- 9:50
10:45
Hint: The short red hand shows the hour. The long blue hand shows the minutes. The short hand has gone past 10 but hasn't reached 11 yet, so the hour is still 10. Count by 5s from the 12 to the long hand: 45 minutes. It's 10:45.