Year 3 Hours in a Day Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 3 Hours in a Day Maths Challenge checks pupils’ understanding of hours and days within a problem solving context. Pupils will apply their knowledge to help Max Volume work out how many days he will need to practise for to be part of the show.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Time

Mathematics Year 3: (3M4d) Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock/a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight

Mathematics Year 3: (3M4e) Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year

Mathematics Year 3: (3M4f) Compare durations of events, [e.g. to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]