Telling The Time
Practise reading a clock face and solving problems involving converting between units of time.
Time Totals
Ten questions requiring a time calculation based on popular films.
Months of the Year
Match the month name with the month number in this drag and drop activity
Clock Times Pairs
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test the ability to compare analogue and digital times.
Time Sort
Arrange the analogue and digital clock faces in order from earliest to latest
Birthday Days
Compute the name of the day of the week from the given birthday clues.
Time Arithmetic
Practise adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing times with these self-marking exercises.
Walking Times
Questions about the time it takes to walk between places in London according to the Walking Tube Map.
Train Timetables
An interactive exercise on reading train timetables and making time calculations.
This is the main Transum help video on Time.
Telling The Time - Part 1
Learn how to tell the time from an analogue clock then do the online exercise called Telling The Time Level 1.
Telling The Time - Part 2
Learn how to tell the time from an analogue clock then do the online exercise called Telling The Time Level 2.
Telling The Time - Part 3
Learn how to tell the time from an analogue clock then do the online exercise called Telling The Time Level 3.
Telling The Time - Part 4
Learn how to tell the time from an analogue clock then do the online exercise called Telling The Time Level 4.
Leap Year
Why do some years have an extra leap day and what is it for?
A History of the Calendar
A fast paced animation explaining the development of the modern calendar.
Time calculations on a calculator
Time Calculations using Casio Calculator using the Degrees, Minutes and Seconds button.
Clock
A large analogue clock to use for telling the time practice with the whole class
Timer
A simple visual aid which acts as a stopwatch recording the number of minutes and seconds that have passed or are left.
Today's Date
A customisable lesson Starter featuring today's date.
Birthday Clues
Work out the date Will was born by answering some number questions.
Happy New Year
Work out the date for various given amounts of time after the beginning of the year.
Hours To Go
How many full hours are left till the end of the year?
Movie Minutes
Calculations involving hours and minutes based on the runing times of popular DVDs.
Scaramouche
Can you work out from the five clues given what the mystery number is?
Second Holiday
Estimate then work out the period of time equal to the given number of seconds.
Timed Tables
How fast can you answer 24 mixed times tables questions?
Weather Maths
Eight mathematical questions about the current weather and times in four cities around the world.
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Teachers might find the complete Time Topic List useful.
This topic provides opportunities for pupils to practise the calculations that are required in time based problems. After mastering the decimal system manipulating units of time can prove to be very difficult for many.
Of all the mathematics topics studied in school this is one of them that has a real and direct practical use in real life. Everyone is more able to cope with day to day tasks if they can read an analogue clock, interpret the 24 hour clock and understand the calendar.
When planning to improve pupils’ estimation skills don’t forget to include practice in estimating time. An amusing diversion in a lesson is to ask everyone to stand up, close their eyes then to sit down when they think a minute has passed.
An fascinating open-ended investigation would be to consider the impact decimal time may have on us all. How would it work, what would need to change and what advantages would it bring?
