Year 5
Solving problems involving converting between seconds, minutes and hours
Year 5
Solving problems involving converting between seconds, minutes and hours
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will investigate and model word problems about converting between seconds, minutes and hours.
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5 Questions
Q1.
How many minutes are there in 1 hour?
10
100
24
Q2.
How many minutes are there in 24 hours?
124
144
60
Q3.
How many seconds are there in 30 minutes?
1080
180
600
Q4.
How many hours are there in 480 minutes?
10
18
7
Q5.
How many seconds are there in 2 days?
180,400
24,800
60,000
5 Questions
Q1.
A movie lasts 1 hour and 12 minutes, how many minutes is the movie in total?
102 min
112 min
62 min
Q2.
It takes me 112 minutes to travel to my nan's house and 1 hour 44 minutes to travel to my cousin's house. Which journey takes the longest?
It takes the same length of time to travel to my nan's and my cousin's houses
The journey to my cousin's house takes the longest
The journey to my nan's house is the shorter of the two journeys
Q3.
A, B, C and D run a marathon. It takes person A 146 minutes. It takes person B 159 minutes. It takes person C 2 hours and 32 minutes and it takes person D 2 hours 39 minutes. Which two ran the same time?
A and C
A and D
B and C
Q4.
I have so far watched 2 hours and 21 minutes of a 150 minute film, how many seconds of the film are left?
5400 seconds
550 seconds
5500 seconds
Q5.
I have been cooking a stew so far for 159 minutes. The recipe says to cook it for 2 hours and 30 minutes, how much longer do I need to cook the stew for?
1 minutes
50 minutes
9 minutes