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.

_________________________ 1 mark

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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