Topics: Starter | Time

• Mr Ditta and 9Y-Ma1, Stokesley School
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• 9Y-Ma1 argue that you have failed to subtract 1 hour on the last sunday of October hence 1 hour needs to be added accordingly.
• Year 6, St. Philip's Uckfield
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• We think that you have forgotten the extra hour when the clocks go back.
• Mary Brentnall, marybrentnall@hotmail.com
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• What about the extra hour when the clocks go back?
• Transum,
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• The extra hour has now been included in the answer. Thanks Mr Ditta and 9Y-Ma1 at Stokesley School, Year 6 at St. Philip's Uckfield and Mary Brentnall.
• Mr Trainor And His P7 Class(All Girls), Mercy Primary School, Belfast
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• My Primary 7 class in Mercy Primary school, Belfast, look forward to your mental maths starters every morning. The variety of material is interesting and exciting and always engages the teacher and pupils. Keep them coming please.
• Josh, BCJS Year 6 6J
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• At BCJS in Mr Jenkins maths group, on 21/10/13 at 12 o'clock. The majority of the class said the answer was 1717 hours until the end of the year. The method we did was 71 days x 24 hours = 1704 add 12 hours = 1716 add 1 hour because of the time change = 1717. So our last answer was 1717.

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