Mathematics / Year 4 / Measurement

Curriculum content descriptions

solve problems involving the duration of time including situations involving “am” and “pm” and conversions between units of time (AC9M4M03)

Elaborations
  • calculating the amount of time between \(2\) events, such as the start and finish of a movie, a bus journey or a flight, including cases where the starting and finishing times are written using “am” and “pm” notation
  • converting units of time using relationships between units, such as \(60\) minutes in an hour and \(60\) seconds in a minute, to solve problems; for example, creating a daily timetable for an activity such as an athletics carnival or planning an exercise routine with activities and rests
  • exploring First Nations Australians’ explanations of the passing of time through cultural accounts about cyclic phenomena involving sun, moon and stars
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Time,  12 hour time

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