Telling The Time

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Description of Levels

Level 1 - Expressing the time on a clock face as a digital time.

Level 2 - Finding the number of minutes between two given times.

Level 3 - Expressing the time on a clock face as a 24hr clock digital time.

Level 4 - Mixed questions about reading the time and solving time problems.

Pairs Game - A number of pairs games with digital and analog times.

Time Arithmetic Level 1 - Addition.

Time Arithmetic Level 2 - Subtraction.

Time Arithmetic Level 3 - Multiplication.

Time Arithmetic Level 4 - Division.

A large analogue Clock showing the current time is available in the Shine+Write collection.

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Telling The Time

Practise reading a clock face and solving problems involving converting between units of time.

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