Time - Hours in a day - Starter

In the 'Fluent in Four' revision section for Year 3 students, they are tasked with recalling key time-related facts and applying basic arithmetic skills. The exercise begins with filling in the blanks for time-based questions, such as the number of minutes in an hour, which is 60, and the number of minutes in two hours, which is 120. They also review that there are 60 seconds in a minute, 365 days in a typical year, and 366 days in a leap year. These questions serve as a quick refresher on the concepts of time and calendar days.

The mathematics session continues with practical application questions, where students are required to calculate change from a transaction. For instance, Zach buys tangerines for 72p and pays with a £5 note; students must work out that he should receive £4 and 28p in change. Additionally, students engage with a place value chart to subtract and add numbers, reinforcing their understanding of place value. They are presented with the number 546 and instructed to subtract 4 to get 542, then add 2 to arrive at 548. Another arithmetic challenge is to divide the number composed of 2 hundreds, 4 ones, and 2 tens (which is 224) by double 2, which equals 4, resulting in an answer of 56.