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11.05 Hours, minutes and seconds

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Can you skip count by $6$6s? Try and complete this sequence to practice.

$6,⬚,18,⬚,⬚,36,⬚,⬚,54,60$6,,18,,,36,,,54,60

 

Learn

Seconds, minutes, and hours all are units of time. It takes:

  • $60$60 seconds to make up $1$1 minute,
  • $60$60 minutes to make up $1$1 hour.

Let's look at how to convert between seconds, minutes, and hours.

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The walk to the mailbox and back takes $1$1 minute and $52$52 seconds.

  1. How many seconds does the walk take in total?

 

Remember!

There are $60$60 seconds in $1$1 minute.
There are $60$60 minutes in $1$1 hour.

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