Time

There are 366 different Starters of The Day, many to choose from. You will find below some starters on the topic of Time. A lesson starter does not have to be on the same topic as the main part of the lesson or the topic of the previous lesson. It is often very useful to revise or explore other concepts by using a starter based on a totally different area of Mathematics.

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Time Starters:

Birthday Clues

Work out the date Will was born by answering some number questions.

Happy New Year

Work out the date for various given amounts of time after the beginning of the year.

Hours To Go

How many full hours are left till the end of the year?

Movie Minutes

Calculations involving hours and minutes based on the runing times of popular DVDs.

Scaramouche

Can you work out from the five clues given what the mystery number is?

Second Holiday

Estimate then work out the period of time equal to the given number of seconds.

Timed Tables

How fast can you answer 24 mixed times tables questions?

Weather Maths

Eight mathematical questions about the current weather and times in four cities around the world.

 

Exercises

Birthday Days

Birthday Days

Compute the name of the day of the week from the given birthday clues.

Clock

Clock

A large analogue clock to use for telling the time practice with the whole class

Clock Times Pairs

Clock Times Pairs

The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test the ability to compare analogue and digital times.

Months of the Year

Months of the Year

Match the month name with the month number in this drag and drop activity

Telling The Time

Telling The Time

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

Time Arithmetic

Time Arithmetic

Practise adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing times with these self-marking exercises.

Time Sort

Time Sort

Arrange the analogue and digital clock faces in order from earliest to latest

Time Totals

Time Totals

Ten questions requiring a time calculation based on popular films.

Timer

Timer

A simple visual aid which acts as a stopwatch recording the number of minutes and seconds that have passed or are left.

Today's Date

Today's Date

A customisable lesson Starter featuring today's date.

Train Timetables

Train Timetables

An interactive exercise on reading train timetables and making time calculations.

Walking Times

Walking Times

Questions about the time it takes to walk between places in London according to the Walking Tube Map.

 

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