Converting Units - Converting Units of Time - Worksheet

The "Converting Units of Time" worksheet is a comprehensive resource for teaching children how to convert between various units of time, such as years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. This lesson, which aligns with the National Curriculum objective of solving problems involving time conversion, encourages the use of bar modelling, timelines, calendars, and clocks to aid understanding. Students will practice conversions through a variety of activities, including word and reasoning problems, and they will be challenged with questions such as converting days to weeks, understanding the relationship between hours and minutes, and comparing different time measurements.

The worksheet provides a series of conversion tables and problems that require students to apply their understanding of the relationships between units of time. For example, they will convert years to months and vice versa, weeks to days and back, and minutes to seconds. The exercises are designed to cater to different levels of proficiency, with tasks ranging from 'Working Towards' to 'Greater Depth'. Answers are provided to allow children to check their work and ensure they have grasped the concepts. Additionally, the worksheet includes reasoning and problem-solving questions that challenge students to apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios, such as determining the winner of a race based on times given in different units, or figuring out possible birth dates given an age difference in hours.