Time - Problem solving - Worksheet

The 'Problem Solving with Time' worksheet is an educational resource designed to enhance Year 6 pupils' ability to read, write, and convert time between analogue and digital clocks in both 12-hour and 24-hour formats. It also helps them solve problems related to converting hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, and larger units such as years to months and weeks to days. The worksheet, accompanied by teaching slides, requires children to apply the skills they have learned in previous lessons to solve time-related problems. Key vocabulary includes terms like 'time', 'analogue', 'digital', 'convert', 'minutes', 'seconds', 'hours', and more. As part of the exercises, students may be asked to calculate the duration of activities, such as how long a science lesson lasts, or to determine the cost of hiring a kayak based on given rates.

Students are presented with various scenarios, such as Tia taking her dog for a walk and needing to calculate the return time, or Zach hiring a kayak and figuring out the total cost. The worksheet is tiered to cater to different levels of ability: some children receive hints and work with simpler o'clock and half-past times, while others tackle more complex problems involving time to the minute. The tasks encourage reasoning and problem-solving skills, with questions prompting students to order durations of time from shortest to longest and to use their understanding of time units to explain which time spans are longer, such as a day versus a week. The worksheet promotes fluency and precision in working with time, providing a practical context for mathematical concepts.