Movie Minutes

A Maths Starter of The Day

1. If you watched all of these films, one after the other, how long would it take?


2h 22mins


3h 21mins


1h 32mins


2h 1min


2h 20mins

2. If you started watching at 7:15pm, what time would you finish?

3. Which three films have a total time of 8 hours and 3 minutes?

 

 

 

 

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Answers

1. 11h 36mins

2. 6:51am

3. The Shawshank Redemption, The Lord of the Rings and Batman Begins.