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Adult
Fill Guidance with Question
in the missing numbers Prompts
to match the Fill in the missing numbers to match the
stopwatch. stopwatch.
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Pupils should understand that seconds pass quicker than minutes
hours hours
and that minutes are quicker than hours. They should be able to
read the digital display of a stopwatch and identify how many hours,
minutes and seconds have passed. minutes minutes
Which is longer/shorter: hours, minutes or seconds? How
do you know?
seconds seconds
What is a stopwatch used to measure?
How can you tell the difference between the numbers that
Would hours,
represent you measure
minutes andthese activities
seconds in seconds,
on the display? Would you measure these activities in seconds,
minutes
How or hours?
many hours, minutes Circle the correct
and seconds word.
does it show? minutes or hours? Circle the correct word.
make
Do toast
you think seconds
is a quick or shortminutes
activity? Why?hours make toast seconds minutes hours
Would it take hours, minutes or seconds to complete?
sleep at night seconds minutes hours sleep at night seconds minutes hours
Can you think of a task that would take hours/minutes/seconds
toblow out candles seconds minutes
complete? hours blow out candles seconds minutes hours

Can you think of different

Stem Sentences Can you think of different
tasks that take
• The stopwatch seconds,
shows hours, minutes and seconds. tasks that take seconds,
minutes
• I think or hours tohours/minutes/seconds
would take complete? to complete minutes or hours to complete?
because…
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Adult Guidance
Is Sol with Question Prompts
correct? Is Sol correct?
The bread will be quicker The bread will be quicker
Hours, Minutes and Seconds
to make because it has to make because it has
Pupils will use and apply theirthe
understanding
greater of the duration of
number. the greater number.
hours, minutes and seconds to explore misconceptions and to
mathematically reason.
Look at the pictures of the bread and cake. How long does it take to
make a loaf of bread/a cake?
Which would take more time? How do you know?
4 hours 2 hours 4 hours 2 hours
If the bread takes more time to make, does this mean it is quicker
or slower to make than the cake? Explain your answer.
Sol Sol
Is Sol correct? Why?
Explain your reasoning. Explain your reasoning.
Do you agree or disagree with Meg? Explain why.
Which unit of time would you choose to measure the time taken to
watch a film? Explain why.
Doisyou
What agree
different with
about Meg?
minutes and seconds? Do you agree with Meg?
Which is quicker?

I would
Stem Sentences measure the time it takes I would measure the time it takes
to watch
I agree/disagree with a film in seconds.
because… to watch a film in seconds.

Explain your Explain your

Meg reasoning. Meg reasoning.
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Adult
Use Guidance with Question
a stopwatch Prompts and
to time yourself Use a stopwatch to time yourself and
your partner. Write the times on the table. your partner. Write the times on the table.
Hours, Minutes and Seconds
Pupils need to work in pairs to operate and read a stopwatch. They
Run 1 Lap Run 1 Lap
will need a stopwatch, a lace, Thread
10 beads, 10 Write
a whiteboard Your
and a pen to Thread 10 Write Your
Name
complete this activity. of the
They must use the stopwatch to measure Name of the
Beads Name Beads Name
Playground
each other completing the activities and record the times on Playground
the table.
Can you start/stop/read/clear the time on the stopwatch?
Where on the table do you write both your names?
Where do you record how long it took for you/your partner to ?
How long did it take you to run one lap of the playground?
Who was quicker at threading beads? How much quicker?
How long did it take you to run 1 lap of the How long did it take you to run 1 lap of the
Who took longer to write their name?
playground? playground?
How long did it take?
Can you think of an activity that will take longer to complete than
Who
these was quicker at threading beads?
activities? Who was quicker at threading beads?

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Who took longer to write their name? Who took longer to write their name?
was quicker/slower at .

It took minutes and seconds to .

Can you think of an activity that Can you think of an activity that
will take longer to complete than will take longer to complete than
these activities? these activities?
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