Measures and time · Ages 7–8

Hours, minutes and the calendar worksheet

Covers: Telling the time to the minute, Clock faces with Roman numerals, How many minutes pass, A day's 24 hours: a.m. and p.m., Long and short months, common and leap years, Counting days on a calendar, Timekeepers old and new

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Hours, minutes and the calendar worksheet

Measures and time · Ages 7–8

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Write each answer in the space. For word problems, show your working and write a sentence answer.

Part A: Working out and filling in (2 marks each)

1.The clock shows h min.
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2.The clock shows h min.
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3.What number do the Roman numerals on the card stand for?
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4.This Roman-numeral clock shows h min.
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5.Starting at 4:38, 34 minutes later it is h min.
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6.From 1:43 to 2:18, how many minutes pass?
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7.From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., how many hours pass?
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8.A leap year comes every 4 years, and 2024 is one. How many days does the year 2043 have?
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9.The circled dates are the first and last days of an event. How many days does the event last?
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10.To time 30 minutes with a 5-minute hourglass, how many times must it run out?
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Part B: Choose, or true or false (2 marks each)

11.What time is it 3 hours after noon?
- A. 3 p.m.
- B. 15 p.m.
- C. 3 a.m.
- D. Midnight
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12.A leap year comes every 4 years, and 2024 is one. 2039 is a leap year.
True or false?
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Part C: Word problems (4 marks each)

13.Ka-yan says, “It is 18 minutes to 4 o'clock.” The time is h min.
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14.Ming's watch uses Roman numerals, and the picture shows the time now. In 5 minutes, the minute hand will point to the numeral for which number?
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15.A bus leaves every 10 minutes. One left at 6:29. How many minutes past 6 does the next leave?
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16.May skips every day from 28 April to the last day of the month, both ends counted. How many days is that?
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17.Ka-yan is away on a trip from 1 to 5 April, both days counted. How many days is the trip?
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18.A soft-boiled egg takes 16 minutes. Ka-yan has only a 4-minute hourglass. How many times must it run out?
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Hours, minutes and the calendar worksheet: Answers and working

Part A: Working out and filling in

1. 11, 25
Look at the short hour hand first: which number has it just passed? Then count the long minute hand in fives from 12.
The hour hand has just passed 11; counting the minute hand in fives from 12 gives 25 minutes.
2. 7, 14
Which number has the hour hand just passed? Count the minute hand's big steps in fives, then the small marks one at a time.
The hour hand has just passed 7; count the minute hand's big steps in fives, then the small marks: 14.
3. 4
I is 1, V is 5 and X is 10. A smaller one on the right adds; an I on the left subtracts.
I is 1, V is 5, X is 10; a smaller one on the right adds, an I on the left subtracts: this is 4.
4. 1, 15
See which Roman numeral the hour hand has just passed and read it as a number; count the minute hand in fives from XII.
The hour hand has just passed the numeral for 1; counting the minute hand in fives from XII gives 15 minutes.
5. 5, 12
Get to the next hour first: how many minutes from 38 to 60? Then count on the rest.
22 minutes takes it to 5:00, then 34 − 22 = 12 more: 5 h 12 min.
6. 35 minutes
Get to 2:00 first: how many minutes from 43 to 60? Then add on the 18 minutes.
Up to the hour first: 17 minutes to 2:00, then 18 more: 35 minutes.
7. 4 hours
Count to noon first: how many hours from 11 a.m. to 12 noon? Then count on.
Count to noon: 11 → 12 is 1 hours, then 3 more: 4 hours.
8. 365 days
First decide whether 2043 is a leap year: counting from 2024 in fours, do you land on it?
Counting from 2024 in fours lands on the leap years, with 366 days; any other year has 365: 2043 has 365.
9. 4 days
Both ends count: take the first date from the last date, then add 1.
Both ends count: 23 − 20 + 1 = 4 days.
10. 6 times
Each run is 5 minutes. Counting in 5s, how many counts to reach 30?
5 minutes a time: counting in 5s to 30 takes 6.

Part B: Choose, or true or false

11. A. 3 p.m.
After 12 noon, is it a.m. or p.m.? The p.m. hours start again from 1.
After noon it is p.m.; 3 hours on: 3 p.m.
12. False
Start at 2024 and count on or back in fours. Do you land exactly on 2039?
Counting on or back from 2024 in fours gives the leap years: 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040… See whether 2039 is one of them.

Part C: Word problems

Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.

13. 3, 42
It is 18 minutes before 4 o'clock, so not 4 yet. Count back 18 minutes from 4:00.
Not yet 4, so it's after 3; 60 − 18 = 42: 3 h 42 min.
14. 10
The minute hand moves one numeral every 5 minutes. See where it points now, then work out how many numerals 5 minutes is.
The minute hand moves one numeral every 5 minutes, so 5 minutes is 5 ÷ 5 numerals on: the numeral for 10.
15. 39 minutes past
The next bus is 10 minutes later. Count on from 29 minutes past.
29 + 10 = 39.
16. 3 days
First work out how many days April has. Count from the 28th to the end of the month, both ends included.
April has 30 days: 30 − 28 + 1 = 3.
17. 5 days
Both days count: take the first date from the last, then add 1.
5 − 1 + 1 = 5 days.
18. 4 times
The hourglass runs 4 minutes each time. Counting in 4s, how many counts to reach 16?
Counting in 4s to 16 takes 4.