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Year 2 Time - Units of Time
How long would it take you to write a letter - 30 hours, 30 minutes or 30 seconds?

Year 2 Time - Units of Time

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Maths and Numeracy for children aged 6 and 7 in year 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with comparing and sequencing intervals of time and knowing the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day.

Understanding units of time well includes an ability to compare them and to understand how some intervals of time are longer than others. Comparing intervals also requires a firm understanding of the number of minutes in an hour (or half an hour) and the number of hours in a day.

Question 1
How many hours are there in a day?
24
12
10
30
From 12 midnight one day, to 12 midnight the next, it takes 24 hours in total
Question 2
Which is the longest unit of time:
3 hours
3 minutes
3 seconds
30 minutes
3 hours is the same as 180 minutes
Question 3
Put these times in order, from shortest to longest:
15 minutes, 5 minutes, 15 hours, 15 seconds
15 seconds, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 15 hours
15 minutes, 15 hours, 5 minutes, 15 seconds
15 hours, 15 minutes, 5 minutes, 15 seconds
5 minutes, 15 minutes, 15 hours, 15 seconds
15 seconds is a very short amount of time, 15 hours is more than half a full day!
Question 4
One and a half hours is the same as...
30 minutes
90 minutes
60 minutes
120 minutes
1 hour is 60 minutes and half an hour is 30 minutes. Added together, this makes 90 minutes
Question 5
How many minutes are there in one hour?
1
30
50
60
It takes the minute hand 60 minutes to get all the way around the clock
Question 6
How long should it take to brush your teeth?
3 seconds
3 hours
30 minutes
3 minutes
3 minutes is the amount of time the dentist usually recommends
Question 7
Which is the shortest unit of time?
5 hours
5 minutes
5 seconds
5 days
5 seconds lasts about as long as it takes to count up to 5
Question 8
Put these times in order, from longest to shortest:
30 minutes, 3 days, 30 hours, 30 seconds
30 seconds, 30 minutes, 30 hours, 3 days
30 hours, 3 days, 30 minutes, 30 seconds
3 days, 30 hours, 30 minutes, 30 seconds
30 minutes, 30 hours, 3 days, 30 seconds
3 days is the same as 72 hours!
Question 9
How long should it take to write a letter to a friend?
30 hours
30 minutes
30 seconds
3 days
You could write a good letter in about half an hour
Question 10
How many minutes are there in half an hour?
60
30
15
10
Half of 60 is 30
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Hours and days

Author:  Angela Smith

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