Grades 3–4
Units of Time
Eighteen conversions between seconds, minutes, hours, days and weeks, with the facts listed at the top.
Math worksheet · Telling time and elapsed time
What Time Will It Be?
Twelve clocks with a question under each: what time will it be in 20 minutes, or what time was it 1 hour ago?
- Grade level
- Grades 2–3
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Reading analog clocks, Telling time, Elapsed time, Calendar skills
What kids do
“Read the clock. Count forward or back. Write the new time.”
Printed on the sheet:
- 20 minutes ago it was
- 1½ hours ago it was
- In 30 minutes it will be
- In 1½ hours it will be
- 2 hours ago it was
- In 2 hours it will be
- 10 minutes ago it was
- In 1 hour it will be
Teacher tip
Let kids move the hands on a small practice clock to count forward or back.
How to use it
- Count by fives around the clock together before kids start.
- Connect it to your real schedule: what time is lunch, recess, the bus?
- Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.
Watch for
Counting minutes by ones from the 12 instead of by fives.
Talk about it
- Where does the hour hand point at half past?
- Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?
Take it further
Make a paper plate clock with brads for the hands.
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