Time- Reading, Ordering and Interpreting Reasoning Questions
Name: ________________________
Class: ________________________
Date: ________________________
Time:
Marks: 27 marks
Comments:
Q1. Annie finishes school at ten past 3 in the afternoon.
Circle the 24 hour clock that shows ten past 3 in the afternoon.
1 mark
Q2. These are all times on the same morning.
A 7:56 am
B quarter to eight
C six minutes to eight
D half past seven
Write the letters for the times in order, starting with the earliest.
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Q3. What is 444 minutes in hours and minutes?
1 mark
Q4. A clock shows this time twice a day.
Tick the two digital clocks that show this time.
1 mark
Q5. The time is
John has to be ready for school in half an hour.
Tick (✔) the time when he has to be ready.
1 mark
Q6. The clock shows the same time as one of the watches.
Draw a line to match the clock to a watch.
1 mark
Q7. Stefan’s watch shows five minutes past nine.
The watch is twelve minutes fast
What is the correct time?
1 mark
Q8. Here are three clock faces.
Match each clock face to the same time on a digital clock.
2 mark
Q9.
The Fun Day started at this time in the morning.
It finished at this time in the afternoon.
How long did the Fun Day last?
1 mark
Q10. Two clocks show the same time.
Tick (✔) them.
1 mark
Q11. Here is a clock.
How many minutes is it until this clock shows 7:30?
1 mark
Here is another clock.
What time will the clock show in 20 minutes?
1 mark
Q12. Match each clock to the correct time.
One has been done for you.
1 mark
Q13. Write these times in order, starting with the shortest.
smallest
1 mark
Q14. Here are two clock faces.
Join each clock face to the correct digital time.
2 marks
Q15. Put these times in order, starting with the shortest.
shortest
1 mark
Q16. The time is 10:35 am.
Kate says,
'The time is closer to 11:00 am than to 10:00 am'.
Explain why Kate is correct.
1 mark
Q17.
Holly takes half an hour to walk from home to school.
She arrives at school at 8:25am.
At what time did she leave home?
1 mark
Dev leaves school at half past three.
He arrives home at ten past four.
How many minutes did it take him to get home?
1 mark
Q18. Write the missing numbers.
60 months =
years
72 hours =
days
84 days =
weeks
2 marks
Q19. Here is a rule for the time it takes to cook a chicken.
Cooking time = 20 minutes plus an extra
40 minutes for each kilogram
How many minutes will it take to cook a 3 kg chicken?
1 mark
What is the mass of a chicken that takes 100 minutes to cook?
1 mark
Q20.
Kirsty ran a race in one and a half minutes.
Mina took 10 seconds longer.
How many seconds did Mina take to run the race?
1 mark
Seb made a jump of two and a half metres.
Kirsty’s jump was 10 centimetres longer.
How long was Kirsty’s jump?
1 mark
Mark schemes
Q1.
Accept other unambiguous indication of correct answer
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Q2. D B C A
Accept alternative unambiguous indications of the correct order, eg
7:30 7:45 7:54 7:56
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Q3. 7 hours and 24 minutes
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Q4. Both clocks ticked, as shown:
Accept alternative unambiguous positive indications, e.g. clocks circled or underlined.
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Q5. 8:45 indicated
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Q6. Draws line joining clock to watch showing 12.30
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Q7. 7 minutes to 9 OR 8:53
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Q8. (a) Middle clock joined to 6:35
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(b) Lower clock joined to 11:10
Lines do not have to touch the clocks, provided the intention is clear.
Accept alternative, unambiguous ways of indicating the answer, eg correct numerical times written on clocks.
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Q9.
4 hours 30 minutes
Accept 4 hours if the minutes space is left blank
OR 270 minutes if the hours space is left blank.
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Q10. Two clocks ticked as shown:
Both clocks must be ticked for the award of the mark.
Accept any other clear way of indicating the correct clocks, such as circling.
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Q11. (a) 45
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(b) 15:13 1
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Q12. Diagram completed correctly as shown:
Lines need not touch the clocks, provided the intention is clear.
Do not accept times which have been matched to more than one clock.
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Q13.
Times in order as shown:
Accept unambiguous abbreviations or recognisable misspellings.
Accept use of equivalent units, eg 2 days.
Accept answers with missing or incorrect units.
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Q14.
Do not award the mark if additional incorrect lines are drawn.
Lines need not touch the clocks or times, provided the intention is clear.
(a) First clock joined to 8:20 1
(b) Second clock joined to 3:40 1
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Q15. Times written in correct order as shown:
Do not accept times written in reverse order.
Accept answers with missing or incorrect units.
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Q16. An explanation which recognises that 10:35 is after half past ten, eg:
• ‘10:35 am is 35 minutes from 10:00 am but 25 minutes from 11:00 am’
• ‘10:35 is 10 minutes closer to 11:00’
• ‘It’s closer to 60 minutes’
• ‘10:35 am is after half past’
• ‘It’s past halfway’
• ‘35 is after 30 and 30 is half’
• ‘35 minutes is over half an hour’
• ‘It’s 25 minutes to 11’.
Do not accept vague or incomplete explanations, eg:
• ‘11:00 am is closer’
• ‘Halfway is 10.30 am’
• ‘5 rounds up’
• ‘There are 60 minutes in an hour’. U1
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Q17. (a) 7:55am
The answer is a specific time. 1
(b) 40 minutes
The answer is a time interval. 1
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Q18. Award TWO marks for three boxes completed correctly as shown:
If the answer is incorrect, award ONE mark for two boxes completed correctly. Up to 2m
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Q19. (a) 140
The answer is a time interval 1
(b) 2 1
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Q20. (a) 100 seconds
Answer must be in seconds.
Do not accept 1 minute 40 seconds. 1
(b) 260 cm OR 2.6 m
Accept 260 OR 2.6 OR 2 m 60 cm. 1
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