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  • Year 4

Convert from days to weeks and months to years

I can use knowledge of the units of time to convert from days to weeks and years to months.

Lesson 4 of 5
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  • Year 4

Convert from days to weeks and months to years

I can use knowledge of the units of time to convert from days to weeks and years to months.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. There are 7 days in a week
  2. There are 12 months in a year
  3. There are between 28 and 31 days in a month

Keywords

  • Day - Any 24 hour period.

  • Week - Any seven day time period.

  • Month - One of the 12 parts of the year.

Common misconception

Pupils will need to be able to count in steps of 7 and 12 to succeed in this lesson and have a good recall of the 7 and 12 times tables. Calculation errors will occur frequently if not.

Consider pre-teaching pupils still insecure with this, and / or providing scaffolding such as a times tables grid.


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A double number line is explored as a means of conceptualising the conversion between days and weeks. This can also be used as a support or a scaffold for pupils during Practice tasks.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
How many days are there in one week? days.

Correct Answer: 7, seven

Q2.
How many months are there in a year?

Correct Answer: 12, twelve

Q3.
Select all the multiples of 7

Correct answer: 70
Correct answer: 21
27
47
Correct answer: 49

Q4.
Select all the multiples of 12

Correct answer: 120
Correct answer: 48
70
37
Correct answer: 60

Q5.
× 7 = 84

Correct Answer: 12, twelve

Q6.
12 × = 60

Correct Answer: 5, five

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
How many days are there in 3 weeks?

Correct Answer: 21, twenty one

Q2.
How many months are there in 3 years?

Correct Answer: 36, thirty six

Q3.
2 weeks and 3 days is the same as how many days?

16
Correct answer: 17
18

Q4.
2 years and 3 months is the same as how many months?

Correct answer: 27
28
29

Q5.
Order these durations from shortest to longest.

1 - 34 days
2 - 5 weeks
3 - 36 days
4 - 5 weeks and 2 days

Q6.
Order these durations from shortest to longest.

1 - 47 months
2 - 4 years
3 - 49 months
4 - 4 years and 2 months