Australia
Year 3
9.02 Hours, minutes and seconds
Lesson
Are you ready?
Can you skip count by 6s?
Examples
Example 1
Complete this pattern by skip counting by 6s.
6,\,⬚,\,18,⬚,\,⬚,\,36,\,⬚,\,⬚,\,54,\,60
Worked Solution
Idea summary
We can skip count to complete a pattern.
Hours, minutes, and seconds
Seconds, minutes, and hours all are units of time. It takes:
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60 seconds to make up 1 minute,
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60 minutes to make up 1 hour.
Let's look at how to convert between seconds, minutes, and hours.
Examples
Example 2
Write the missing number in the box.
There are ⬚ seconds in 1 minute.
Worked Solution
Idea summary
Time conversions:
\begin{aligned} 1 &\text{ Week } &=&& 7 &\text{ Days} \\ 1 &\text{ Day } &=&& 24 &\text{ Hours} \\ 1 &\text{ Hour } &=&& 60 &\text{ Minutes} \\ 1 &\text{ Minute } &=&& 60 &\text{ Seconds} \end{aligned}