Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Calculating Elapsed Time

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

3

Overview

Students learn to figure out elapsed time by counting, subtracting, and regrouping in base 60. This activity is motivated by a Cyberchase episode in which Digit and Hacker compete in a cooking contest.

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 3

    MA19.3.18

    Tell and write time to the nearest minute; measure time intervals in minutes (within 90 minutes.)

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.3.18

    Vocabulary

    • Minute
    • Time interval
    • Number line diagram
    • Analog
    • Digital
    • Elapsed time
    • Half-hour
    • Quarter-hour

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Conventions for time notation.
    • Time sequence patterns.
    • Strategies to determine elapsed time.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Accurately read and write time to the nearest minute from analog and digital clocks.
    • Measure time intervals in minutes.
    • Illustrate elapsed time using a number line.
    • Solve problems involving elapsed time in minutes (with 90 minutes) or hours.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • An analog clock is a whole partitioned into 60 parts and each part is one minute.
    • A number line can be partitioned to show time intervals in minutes.
    • A number line can be used to solve word problems that involve time intervals.
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    Lesson/Unit Plan

    Resource Provider

    PBS
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