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2 Time and timetables

Think like a mathematician

a Leila goes swimming each day from Monday 2 December to

Friday 6 December.

How many days does she go swimming?
b Ahmed joins a gym club from 1 April to 30 June.

How many months is this?

c Ros works on a project from Wednesday 11 September to Tuesday

8 October.

How many weeks does she work on the project?

Look what I can do!

I can read a timetable to solve problems.

I can choose and use suitable units to calculate time intervals.

Check your progress

1 Here is a digital clock.

What time is the same as that shown on the clock?

7.07 a.m. 7.07 p.m. 5.07 a.m. 5.07 p.m.

2 Write quarter to twelve in the morning as a digital time.
3 Here are five times.

6.45 a.m. Ten minutes to eight 15:30 9.30 a.m.

quarter past seven

Which time is the ‘odd one out’? How do you know?

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